Simon KAINZWALDNER

Italy

Luge

Date of Birth: 24 Feb 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BOLZANO

Birth Country:

Italy

Residence: VILLANDERS

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles ITA RIEDER Emanuel / KAINZWALDNER Simon	6

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

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Doubles	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:01:25.194
5	Team Relay	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:02:19.857
10	Singles	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:01:20.326

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Doubles Sprint	2020	Sochi, RUS	31.326
4	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:40.772
4	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:44.607
5	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:39.684
7	Doubles Sprint	2021	Koenigssee, GER	39.320
13	Doubles	2016	Koenigssee, GER	1:42.350
14	Doubles Sprint	2019	Winterberg, GER	31.173
14	Doubles	2015	Sigulda, LAT	1:25.491
16	Doubles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:28.462
17	Doubles	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	1:20.243

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles	Doubles Sprint
2021/22	4	6
2020/21	7	6
2019/20	9
2018/19	15
2017/18	26
2016/17	18
2015/16	25
2014/15	10

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

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

Hobbies:

Climbing, cycling.

Occupation:

Athlete, Carpenter, Police officer

Family:

Father, Johann. Mother, Anna. Sister, Miriam.

Languages spoken:

Italian

Club name:

CS Carabinieri

Coach:

National: Kurt Brugger (ITA), Oswald Haselrieder (ITA)

Position style:

Back

Debut:

2014 World Cup in Innsbruck (Sprint - 5th, Doubles - 5th, with Florian Gruber)
2019 World Cup in Koenigssee (Doubles - 12th, with Emanuel Rieder)

National team:

2010

Start:

Took up the sport in 2010. (FIL Media Guide, 2021/22)

Milestones

Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games doubles champion, with Florian Gruber (10th in singles, fifth in relay).

2020 World Championships doubles sprint silver medallist, with Emanuel Rieder (fourth in the relay, fifth in doubles). In 2021, he finished fourth in the doubles, seventh in the doubles sprint.

Competed in doubles with Florian Gruber from a junior level until 2018. They won three medals in doubles and the relay at the World Junior Championships from 2012 to 2014. At the 2017 U23 World Championships, they won silver.

Six top-10 World Cup results in 2020/21 en route to finishing eighth overall in the season standings. Posted six top-10 results in 2019/20, ranking ninth in the season standings, despite missing the first two events on the calendar.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/simon.kainzwaldner
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/RiderKainzwaldne/
https://www.instagram.com/simon.kainzwaldner/
Team Website: https://www.instagram.com/rieder_kainzwaldner/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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