Dominik FISCHNALLER

Historical Results

Domi

Football, skiing, snowboarding, swimming, tennis.

Athlete, Police officer

Brother, Hans Peter.

German, English, Italian

CS Carabinieri

National: Kurt Brugger (ITA)

Brother Hans Peter Fischnaller (Luge): Competed in doubles from 2005 to 2014. Five World Championship appearances, finishing sixth in 2011. Best overall World Cup finish was sixth in 2010/11 and recorded one podium finish in 2010 (Calgary).

Cousin Kevin Fischnaller (Luge): Competed at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. In 2020/21, shared the overall World sprint title with Felix Loch (GER).

2010 World Cup in Innsbruck (Singles - 12th)

Took up the sport in 2002. “We have a short luge track here in Meransen where athletes can practise their start technique. We spent lots of time there as children and got to know Emil Lechner (ITA). At some point, Emil took me, my sister and a friend to the track in Imst in the Austrian state of Tyrol. We all had a lot of fun and that’s how we got into luging.” (redbull.com, Jan 2017; COR, Feb 2019)

Grew up ski racing and playing football, but luge came naturally to him right from the beginning. (COR, Feb 2019)

Win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, after missing out at PyeongChang 2018 by 0.002 seconds. “That was really tough but it’s made me even more motivated to succeed. My hunger to win is still there.” (COR, Feb 2019)

Trains on an ice-covered starting track in Meransen during the off-season. (COR, Feb 2019)

Luger Armin Zoeggeler (ITA), six-time Olympic medallist, six-time Olympian, six-time World champion.

Luger Georg Hackl (ITA), three-time Olympic champion, 10-time World champion. (COR, Feb 2019)

"Fight every day for what you want." (redbull.com, 2016)