Armin Frauscher Explained

Armin Frauscher
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Birth Date:22 March 1994
Birth Place:Innsbruck, Austria
Country:Austria
Sport:Luge
Event:Men's singles

Armin Frauscher (born 22 March 1994) is an Austrian luger.[1] He finished ninth competing for Austria in the boys' singles event at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics, held in his birthplace of Innsbruck.[2] Frauscher finished second in the opening men's singles event of the 2015-16 luge World Cup in Igls.[3] During the 2017-18 Luge World Cup frauscher placed second in Konigssee.[4]

For the 2018-19 Luge World Cup season Frauscher formed a team with countryman Yannick Mueller and the duo competed for the first time in the two man luge event with the new team finishing in third place in Viessmann World Cup Nationcup Men's Singles race. Meanwhile during the same season Frauscher placed 29th in the overall men's singles discipline world cup final standings.  In 2019-20 Luge World Cup campaign the Frauscher-Mueller pairing finished 16th in the overall world cup doubles tally and 6th at the Nationcup. Meanwhile, Frauscher did not compete in the singles category during the 2019-20 sliding season.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armin Frauscher - Player Profile - Luge . eurosport.com . 2015-12-03 . 2022-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408165535/https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml . live.
  2. Web site: 2012 Youth Winter Olympic Games - Results - Luge Men's Singles . Olympic.org . 11 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Olympic luge champion Loch disqualified for overweight sled - Business Insider : Related Articles | OOYUZ . ooyuz.com . 2015-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208091408/http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=9355417 . 2015-12-08 . dead.
  4. Web site: Kindl profits from Loch mistake to win 2nd luge World Cup . . 7 January 2018 . 8 April 2022 . 8 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408165547/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=apnews.com . live.
  5. Web site: Armin Frauscher . FIL-Luge.org . . 2022-04-08 . 2022-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408165614/https://www.fil-luge.org/en/athletes/armin-frauscher . live.