Tamara Lunger is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 ski mountaineer.

Lunger was born in Bolzano, the daughter of the ski mountaineer Hansjörg Lunger

Hansjörg Lunger

Hansjörg Lunger is an Italian ski mountaineer.Lunger was born in Karneid. He started ski mountaineering in 1985, competed first in 2003 and was member of the national team after 2006. Lunger is dairyman of the Schutzhaus Latzfonser Kreuz, a mountain hut in the Sarntal Alps...

. She started ski mountaineering in 2002 and competed first in an vertical race

Vertical race

A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks...

 event in San Martino

San Martino di Castrozza

San Martino di Castrozza is a mountain resort in the Primiero valley in the Trentino province in Italy. The western part, with 428 inhabitants, is in the comune of Siror, the eastern, with 135, in Tonadico.- History :...

. On May 23rd, 2010, Lunger became the youngest female climber (aged 23 years, 11 months, and 17 days), to have reached the main summit of Lhotse

Lhotse

Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse Middle is and Lhotse Shar is...

.

Selected results

• 2007:
  • 1st, Pierra Menta
    Pierra Menta
    The Pierra Menta is an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the Beaufortain region since 1985. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps besides the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Trofeo Mezzalama.The athletes have to travel a cumulative...
    
     "espoirs" class race (together with Silvia Cuminetti
    Silvia Cuminetti
    Silvia Cuminetti is an Italian ski mountaineer.Cuminetti is born in Bergamo. She started ski mountaineering in 2001 and competed first in the "Gara in Val di Rezzalo" race in Bormio in the same year. She has been member of the national team since 2002...
    
    )
  • 5th, European Championship team race (together with Elisa Fleischmann
    Elisa Fleischmann
    Elisa Fleischmann from Valdidentro is an Italian ski mountaineer. She is born in Sondalo and has been member of the national team since 2007.- Selected results :* 2007:** 1st, Italian Championship vertical race...
    
    )
  • 2nd, Scialpinistica del Monte Canin (together with Stefania Zanon)
  • 5th, European Cup
  • 5th, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Silvia Cuminetti and Fabienne Chanoine)
• 2008:
  • 1st, Pierra Menta "espoirs" class race (together with Elisa Fleischmann)
  • 3rd, Sellaronda ski marathon (together with Elisa Fleischmann)
  • 9th, World Championship
    2008 World Championship of Skimountaineering
    The 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.About 450 athletes of 29 nations...
    
     team race (together with Silvia Cuminetti)
• 2009:
  • 5th, European Championship team race (together with Corinne Clos
    Corinne Clos
    Corinne Clos is an Italian ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.- Selected results :* 2006:** 1st Kappa Marathon* 2008:** 1st, Italian Cup* 2009:** 5th, European Championship team race...
    
    )

External links

• Tamara Lunger at skimountaineering.org
• Tamara Lunger at facebook.com