Markus Kleinheinz
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Markus Kleinheinz is an Austria
n luge
r who competed between 1994 and 2006. He won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 1995 FIL World Luge Championships
in Lillehammer
, Norway
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Kleinheinz also competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the men's singles event at Nagano in 1998
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He was overall Luge World Cup champion in men's singles in 2002-03.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n luge
Luge
A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...
r who competed between 1994 and 2006. He won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 1995 FIL World Luge Championships
FIL World Luge Championships 1995
-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:-References:****...
in Lillehammer
Lillehammer
is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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Kleinheinz also competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the men's singles event at Nagano in 1998
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
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He was overall Luge World Cup champion in men's singles in 2002-03.