Alexander GASSNER

Germany

Skeleton

Date of Birth: 9 Aug 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PRUNDU BARGAULUI

Birth Country:

Romania

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Skeleton	Men	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Men	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:24.100

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Mixed Team	2020	Altenberg, GER	1:55.39
2	Mixed Team	2021	Altenberg, GER	1:55.55
3	Men	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:47.51
3	Men	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:44.86
5	Men	2017	Koenigssee, GER	3:24.45
7	Men	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:30.19
7	Men	2012	Lake Placid, NY, USA	3:40.35
18	Men	2013	St. Moritz, SUI	4:37.96

World Cup Rankings
Season	Men
2021/22	6
2020/21	2
2019/20	5
2018/19	24
2017/18	7
2016/17	6
2013/14	18
2011/12	6

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Men
2021/22	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 2 x 5th
2020/21	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2019/20	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 2 x 5th
2018/19	1 x 6th, 1 x 7th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
2	Men	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:14.84
4	Men	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	56.52
5	Men	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:41.90
5	Men	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:51.72
6	Men	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:52.73
8	Men	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:45.64
10	Men	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:55.07
21	Men	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	53.69

Nickname:

Alex

Hobbies:

Fishing and dogs

Occupation:

Athlete, Sports soldier

Languages spoken:

German, Romanian, English

Club name:

BSC Winterberg

Coach:

National: Dirk Matschenz (NED)
Personal: Heiner Prente
Fitness: Maik Thies

Other sports:

Athletics

National team:

2007

Start:

Took up skeleton in 2004 in Winterberg, Germany. (Info 2018)

Reason:

"I thought, 'Man, that's a fast and cool sport and I want to try it too.'" (Info 2018)

Memorable:

Winning gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships, finishing third at the 2017 World Cup in Koenigssee, and setting a track record. (Info 2018)

Hero:

Skeleton slider Martins Dukurs (LAT), two-time Olympic silver medallist (2010, 2014), six-time World champion. Has the most World Cup titles. (Info 2018)

Influence:

His family (Info 2018)

General Interest

ROMANIA TO GERMANY
Born in Romania, moved to Germany with his family when he was three. Changed his birth name "Gasznar" to "Gassner" in 2011. (ibsf.org)

Milestones

Had a top-10 finish in his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018.

Five-time World Championship medallist, one gold (2020), one silver (2021), three bronze (2017, 2020, 2021). Back-to-back medals in the Mixed team (2020 gold, 2021 silver).

2010 Junior World champion and three-time bronze medallist (2008, 2009, 2011).

First World Cup podium was third in 2017 in Koenigssee, and his first and only victories were on back-to-back weekends in January 2021 (St. Moritz, Koenigssee).

2020 national champion.

Social Media

Legend

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