Verena HOFER

Italy

Luge

Date of Birth: 17 Mar 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Residence: FELDTHURNS/VELTURNO

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Women's Singles	13

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 1	Finished
After Run 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 3	Finished
After Run 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Run 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Run 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
13	Women's Singles Sprint	2020	Sochi, RUS	31.505
15	Women's Singles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:40.564
22	Women's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	51.624

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Women's Singles	2019	Innsbruck, AUT	1:21.388
5	Women's Singles	2020	Oberhof, GER	1:23.505
DNF	Team Relay	2019	Innsbruck, AUT

U23 World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Women's Singles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:40.564
10	Women's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	51.624

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women's Singles
2021/22	14
2020/21	13
2019/20	32
2017/18	45

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
9	Women's Singles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
11	Women's Singles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
11	Women's Singles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
12	Women's Singles Sprint	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
16	Women's Singles	2021/22	Winterberg, GER
16	Women's Singles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
17	Women's Singles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
17	Women's Singles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
20	Women's Singles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
20	Women's Singles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT

Occupation:

Athlete, Sport soldier

Family:

Father, David. Mother, Anna. Sisters, Maria, Christine, and Elisa.

Languages spoken:

Italian, English

Club name:

CS Esercito

Coach:

National: Kurt Brugger (ITA)

Debut:

2017 World Cup at Innsbruck (Singles - 17th)

Start:

Began sledding on natural tracks with her father, who gives lessons. (df-sportspecialist.it, June 2019)

Ambition:

Compete at an Olympic Winter Games. (df-sportspecialist.it, June 2019)

Milestones

Junior World Championship singles silver medallist in 2019 (Innsbruck), after winning team relay bronze in 2018 (Altenberg).

Back-to-back European junior champion (2019, 2020), after winning bronze in 2018, with both titles doubling as her only Junior World Cup wins. Also, won a team relay silver in 2018.

Finished the 2017/18 Youth World Cup season first overall, which included all four of her career wins and her first Junior World Cup podium.

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Legend

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