Hannah PROCK

Historical Results

Climbing, longboarding, snowboarding.

Athlete, Police officer

Father, Markus. Mother, Christine. Sister, Nina.

German, English

SV Igls

National: Rene Friedl (GER)

Father Markus Prock (Luge): Competed in six Olympic Winter Games from 1984 to 2002, winning silver medals in singles in 1992 and 1994, and bronze medal in 2002. Five-time world champion in singles and the relay. Ten-time World Cup champion. Former sporting director of the Austrian Luge Federation (ORV), and in 2018, he became the president.

Sister Nina Prock (Luge): Finished fourth at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Competed at a junior level from 2010 to 2015.

Cousin Gregor Schlierenzauer (Ski jumping): Four-time Olympic medallist, including gold in the team large hill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Six-time ski jumping and four-time ski flying world champion.

2017 World Championships in Innsbruck (Singles - 18th)

2016

Family tradition, but first she started climbing at six and played volleyball at eight. Luge training didn't begin until she was nine, eventually following her father and sister into the sport. "Nina started before me, but I never wanted to watch because it is always so cold in the ice canal. Then at one point she said I should definitely try it, and then it was really good for me." (sn.at, 6 Feb 2018; redbull.com; hannahprock.com)

"The speed, of course. The feeling, the contact with the ice, the pressure you feel in the corners and how it gets faster, that's what I like when sliding." (sn.at, 6 Feb 2018)

To win an Olympic Winter Games medal and to place within the top-10 at the World Cup. (hannahprock.com; Rodel Austria Official Instagram, 6 Oct 2021)

Her father.

Cousin, ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer. "Most of all, his determination still fascinates me today. After his greatest successes, many have advised him to hang up his skis, but he stuck with it and kept fighting, which inspires me a lot."

Luger Tatjana Huefner (GER), three-time Olympic medallist (2010 singles gold), eight-time world champion. (meinbezirk.at, 15 Dec 2020)

Practices breathing exercises from the time she leaves her hotel on race day. (meinbezirk.at, 15 Dec 2020)

Talks to her father before each event. "I call him before every race if he's not there. I always get advice from him and that gives me a lot of peace and quiet for the upcoming race." (laola1.at, 26 Nov 2019)

"A little progress each day adds up to big results." (redbull.com)