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Markus Prock (born June 22, 1964) is an Austrian luger who competed between 1983 and 2002. Born in Innsbruck, Prock competed in six Winter Olympics winning three medals in the men's singles event with two silvers (1992, 1994) and one bronze (2002).
At the FIL World Luge Championships, Prock won 13 medals, including five gold (Men's singles: 1987, 1996; Mixed team: 1996, 1997, 1999), four silvers (Men's singles: 1990, 1997; Mixed team: 1991, 1993), and four bronzes (Men's singles: 1995, 2001; Mixed team: 1995, 2001).
Prock won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with five in men's singles (gold: 1994, 1998, 2002; silver: 1988, 1990) and one medal in the mixed team event (bronze: 2002).
He also won the overall Luge World Cup ten times in men's singles (1987-8, 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-3, 1993-4, 1994-5, 1995-6, 1996-7, 1998-9, 2001-2).
As of 2007, he was the sports director of the Tyrolean luge association. He also manages his nephew, Gregor Schlierenzauer, who was second in the 2006-07 Ski jumping World Cup entering the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. Schlierenzauer won a gold in the team large hill at those championships.
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World champions in mixed team relay luge. |
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1989: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber, & Norbert Huber * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, Thomas Jacob, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1991: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Susi Erdmann, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1993: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1995: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1996: Austria - Markus Prock, Markus Schmidt, Angelika Neuner, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 1997: Austria - Markus Prock, Gerhard Gleirscher, Andrea Tagwerker, Angelika Neuner, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl |
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| Four per team |
1999: Austria - Markus Prock, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2001: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2003: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2004: Germany - David Möller, Barbara Niedernhuber, Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2005: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, André Florschütz, & Torsten Wustlich * 2007: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch |
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