Wilfried Huber (born 15 November 1970, Bruneck

Bruneck

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, South Tyrol

South Tyrol

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) is an Italian

Italy

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 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 has competed since 1985. Together with Kurt Brugger

Kurt Brugger

Kurt Brugger is an Italian luger who competed from 1987 to 2003. Together with Wilfried Huber, he won the men's doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer....

, he won the men's doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...

 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...

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Huber also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including two silvers (Men's doubles: 1990

FIL World Luge Championships 1990

-Men's singles:Hackl becomes the first person to win the world championships in consecutive years in this event.-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:-References:****...

, Mixed team: 1995

FIL World Luge Championships 1995

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:-References:****...

) and five bronzes (Men's singles: 1993

FIL World Luge Championships 1993

The FIL World Luge Championships 1993 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the second time, having previously hosted the event in 1990.-Men's singles:Suckow is the first American to win a championship at the World or Winter Olympic level....

, Men's doubles: 1993, 1995; Mixed team: 1996

FIL World Luge Championships 1996

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:-References:****...

, 1997

FIL World Luge Championships 1997

The FIL World Luge Championships 1997 took place in Igls, Austria for the third time after previously hosting the event in 1977 and 1987.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:-References:****...

). At the European Luge Championships, he won four medals with one gold (Mixed team: 1994

FIL European Luge Championships 1994

The FIL European Luge Championships 1994 took place in Königssee, Germany for a record sixth time after hosting the event previously in 1967, 1972, 1973, 1977, and 1988.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:...

), two silvers (Men's doubles: 1992

FIL European Luge Championships 1992

The FIL European Luge Championships 1992 took place in Winterberg, Germany for the second time after hosting the event previously in 1982. It marked the first time East Germany and West Germany competed as a unified German team since the country reunified in 1990 and in the championships since...

, 1994), and one bronze (Mixed team: 1988

FIL European Luge Championships 1988

The FIL European Luge Championships 1988 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fifth time after hosting the event previously in 1967, 1972, 1973, and 1977...

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In the Luge World Cup, Huber's finished second overall four times in the men's doubles championship (1989-90, 1992-3, 1994-5, 1997-8) and third overall once in the men's singles championship (1996-7).

He also had siblings who were involved in bobsleigh

Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....

 and luge. Günther

Günther Huber

Günther Huber is an Italian of German descent bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He competed in four Winter Olympics and won two medals in the two-man event with one gold and one bronze .Huber also won two medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1999 and a...

 won gold in the two-man bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

-Two-man:Huber lead Lueders by 0.05 seconds after the first run. Leuders picked up 0.02 seconds in the next two runs. Prior to the start of the fourth run, Lueders turned to Huber and asked "Can you imagine if we tied this thing?" After the fourth run, Tartaglia stated "In the end, it felt like...

 event (shared with Canada

Canada

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) at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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...

 in Nagano. Norbert

Norbert Huber

Norbert Huber is an Italian luger who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s...

 won two Winter Olympic medals in men's doubles luge in the 1990s. Arnold

Arnold Huber

Arnold Huber is an Italian luger who competed during the 1990s. He won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including one gold , two silvers , and two bronzes .Huber also finished fourth in the men's singles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in...

 won the men's singles world championships at Winterberg

Winterberg

Winterberg is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a major winter sport resort of the Wintersport Arena Sauerland.-Geography:...

 in 1991

FIL World Luge Championships 1991

The FIL World Luge Championships 1991 took place in Winterberg, Germany for the second time, having previously hosted the event in 1989. It also marked the first time East Germany and West Germany competed as a unified German team.-Men's singles:...

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