Natalie Geisenberger
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Luge | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2008 Oberhof | Women's singles | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 2008 Cesana | Women's singles | |
Natalie Geisenberger (born February 5, 1988 in Munich) is a German luger. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy. Geisenberger also won a silver medal in the women's singles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany.
Her best finish in the overall Luge World Cup title was third in 2007-08.
[edit] Personal life
At age six her family moved to the city of Miesbach where Gert Schabbehard of the local Club RRT Miesbach introduced her to the sport at age 10. After a very successful junior career in which she won 14 Junior World Cup competitions and three Junior World Championships, she was promoted to the senior German team. Her first senior competition was on January 20, 2007 at the Altenberg, Germany World Cup where she came in second.
Geisenberger is currently a student with the German Federal Police at the Sports School in Bad Endorf.
[edit] References
- FIL-Luge profile
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
- Official website (English), (French), (German), & (Italian)
|
|||||
