Yannick MUELLER

Austria

Luge

Date of Birth: 12 Aug 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BLUDENZ

Birth Country:

Austria

Residence: BLUDENZ

Residence Country:

Austria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles AUT MUELLER Yannick / FRAUSCHER Armin

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 3	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 4	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 5	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:45.223
8	Doubles Sprint	2020	Sochi, RUS	31.447
11	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:41.401
11	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:40.348
15	Doubles Sprint	2021	Koenigssee, GER	39.899

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
	Men's Singles	2019	Innsbruck, AUT	54.020

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles	Doubles Sprint
2021/22	9	11
2020/21	6	8
2019/20	16

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Doubles	Doubles Sprint
2021/22	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	1 x 4th
2020/21	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
3	Doubles	2021/22	Winterberg, GER
4	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
4	Doubles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
6	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
8	Doubles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
8	Doubles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
12	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
12	Doubles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
13	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
15	Doubles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
23	Doubles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT

Hobbies:

Climbing, hiking

Occupation:

Athlete, Sport soldier

Family:

Older brother, Jonas

Languages spoken:

German

Club name:

RC Sparkasse Bludenz

Coach:

National: Rene Friedl (GER)

Position style:

Front

Sporting relatives:

Brother Jonas Mueller (Luge): Two-time World Championship medallist, winning sprint singles gold in 2019 (Winterberg) and singles silver in 2020 (Sochi). Had two World Cup singles wins during 2019/20, to finish the season a career-best fifth overall. Has a total of 10 podiums in the past two seasons.

Debut:

2018 Nations Cup in Innsbruck (Singles - 25th)
2019 World Cup in Innsbruck (Doubles - 11th)

National team:

2019

Start:

Began luge in 2005.

Ambition:

Compete at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. (xn--mller-frauscher-zvb.at, 2021)

General Interest

SWITCH TO DOUBLES
Having competed in singles at a junior level since 2015, he switched to doubles for the 2019/20 season, partnering with Armin Frauscher who also made the switch from singles.

The pair finished third in their first Nations Cup race in Innsbruck, winning the Oberhof Nations Cup in late January. After one top-10 World Cup finish in their first season, the duo achieved the feat 10 times during 2020/21, including two podiums and a fourth-place, to finish sixth in the overall standings.

YOUTH
Attended the Sportgymnasium in Dornbirn.

INJURY
On 7 February 2022, Mueller suffered a compound fracture in his left arm in a training crash prior to the start of the doubles competition at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. He underwent surgery in a Beijing hospital, and will not compete with partner Armin Frauscher at the Games. (then24.com, 7 Feb 2022)

Milestones

Two World Cup podium finishes during the opening two stages of the 2020/21 season in Innsbruck and Oberhof. Finished one place behind teammates Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller on both occasions, with the German pair, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, also on the podium.

Had three career Junior World Cup podiums in 2018, finishing third in singles each time. Followed up with a fourth-place at the 2019 Junior European Championships in Switzerland.

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