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]

Armin Frauscher
Frauscher in 2017
Personal information
Born (1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30)
Innsbruck, Austria
Sport
CountryAustria
SportLuge
EventMen's singles
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Oberhof Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Oberhof Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Oberhof Doubles' sprint

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Armin Frauscher - Player Profile - Luge". eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ^ "2012 Youth Winter Olympic Games - Results - Luge Men's Singles" (PDF). Olympic.org. 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Olympic luge champion Loch disqualified for overweight sled - Business Insider : Related Articles | OOYUZ". ooyuz.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Kindl profits from Loch mistake to win 2nd luge World Cup". Associated Press. 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Armin Frauscher". FIL-Luge.org. FIL. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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