Alexander Resch
Alexander Resch (born 5 April 1979 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) is a German luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with Patric Leitner, he won the men's doubles event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. They also competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing sixth. At their last race at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, they won bronze.
In addition they won a dozen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including eight golds (Men's doubles:1999, 2000, 2004, 2007; Mixed team: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007), two silvers (Men's doubles: 2005, Mixed team: 2000), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 2003, Mixed team 1999). At the FIL European Luge Championships, they also won seven medals with five golds (Men's doubles: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006; Mixed team: 2000), one silver (Mixed team: 2002), and one bronze (Men's doubles: 2008 (tied with Italy)).
They won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title six times (1999-2000, 2001-2, 2003-4, 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8).
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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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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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1988: West Germany ( Georg Hackl, Johannes Schettel, Kerstin Langkopf, Veronika Bilgeri, Thomas Schwab & Wolfgang Staudinger) · 1990: East Germany ( Jens Müller, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch) · 1992: Germany ( Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Yves Mankel & Thomas Rudolph) · 1994: Italy ( Armin Zöggeler, Norbert Huber, Gerda Weissensteiner, Natalie Obkircher, Kurt Brugger & Wilfried Huber) · 1996: Germany - Jens Müller, Georg Hackl, Jana Bode, Susi Erdmann, Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt · 1998: Germany ( Jens Müller, Karsten Albert, Susi Erdmann, Silke Kraushaar, Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) |
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Resch, Alexander |
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| Short description |
Luger |
| Date of birth |
5 April 1979 |
| Place of birth |
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria |
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