Thomas STEU

Austria

Luge

Date of Birth: 9 Feb 1994

Age: 28

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 STEU Thomas / KOLLER Lorenz	3

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
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Doubles	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:32.284

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Team Relay	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:02:18.863
6	Doubles	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:01:26.012

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Team Relay	2021	Koenigssee, GER	2:43.139
2	Team Relay	2019	Winterberg, GER	2:24.624
3	Doubles Sprint	2019	Winterberg, GER	30.829
3	Doubles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:27.397
4	Doubles Sprint	2021	Koenigssee, GER	39.225
4	Doubles Sprint	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	30.013
6	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:40.788
6	Doubles Sprint	2016	Koenigssee, GER	39.593
10	Doubles	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	1:19.703
16	Doubles	2015	Sigulda, LAT	1:25.724
DNF	Doubles	2016	Koenigssee, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles	Doubles Sprint
2021/22	4	14
2020/21	1	1
2019/20	7
2018/19	2
2017/18	12
2016/17	8
2015/16	13
2014/15	13
2013/14	27
2012/13	39

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Doubles	Doubles Sprint
2021/22	2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 4th	1 x 3rd
2020/21	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 5th	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd
2019/20	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	2 x 5th
2018/19	2 x 1st, 3 x 3rd, 2 x 4th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
1	Doubles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
1	Doubles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
2	Doubles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
2	Doubles	2021/22	Winterberg, GER
3	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
4	Doubles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
6	Doubles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI

Nickname:

Tax, Steu

Hobbies:

Hiking, football, travelling.

Occupation:

Athlete, Sport soldier

Family:

Father, Bernhard. Mother, Martina. Brother, Simon.

Languages spoken:

German

Club name:

RC Sparkasse Bludenz

Coach:

National: Rene Friedl (GER)

Position style:

Back

Debut:

2012 World Cup in Innsbruck (Doubles - 20th)

National team:

2012

Start:

Followed his older brother into the sport at age 10. (olympiazentrum-vorarlberg.at)

Reason:

"I didn't enjoy this sport for a long time, and I just didn't stop because I didn't want to give up. But then, all of a sudden, I started to enjoy it." (vn.at, 12 Feb 2018)

Ambition:

Win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (steu-koller.at)

Philosophy:

"Dissatisfaction is the beginning of success." (olympiazentrum-vorarlberg.at)

Award:

Tyrol Team of the Year (2019, 2020)
Vorarlberg Team of the Year (2019)

General Interest

PARTNER
Began competing in singles, with four top-20 finishes at the European and World Junior Championships. Partnered with Lorenz Koller for the first time during the 2011/12 season, winning a bronze medal in the relay at the 2012 European Junior Championships in Winterberg. Two years later, the pair won the doubles title at the World Junior Championships in Innsbruck.

Milestones

Won two medals at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games: a bronze in doubles and silver in the team relay, with the doubles event taking place on his 28th birthday.

Their overall World Cup title in 2020/21 broke an eight-year streak of victories by Germans Tobias Arlt/Tobias Wendl and Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken. Steu/Koller posted four World Cup victories - including three in the first three races of the season - and appeared on the podium in nine of 12 events.

Four World Championships appearances (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021), with their best result in 2019 in Winterberg, placing third in doubles, third in sprint and second in the relay. In 2021, racing with Madeleine Egle and David Gleirscher in Koenigssee, won the relay world title by 0.038 seconds over the second-place Germans.

Won the Junior World Championships in 2014, as well as the U23 World Championships in 2017.

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Thomas-Steu-107710894842518/
Facebook Team: https://facebook.com/SteuKoller
https://instagram.com/steu_koller
Team Website: https://www.steu-koller.at

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

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