FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2000
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The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2000 took place in Olang
-Valdaora, Italy
.
The Polish
doubles team of Laszczak and Waniczek are the first non-Austria
n or Italian
team to medal in this event at the World Championships.
Olang
Olang is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 100 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 60 km northeast of the city of Bolzano.-Geography:...
-Valdaora, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Men's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | ||
| Silver | ||
| Bronze |
Women's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | ||
| Silver | ||
| Bronze |
Men's doubles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Armin Mair Armin Mair Armin Mair is an Italian luger who competed from 1997 to 2005. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, including two golds , two silvers , and one bronze .Mair also earned a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1999 FIL... , David Mair David Mair (natural track luger and skeleton racer) David Mair is an Italian luger and former skeleton racer. He competed until 2002 as a natural track luger, then until 2007 as a skeleton racer and switched back to natural track luge in 2009.-Natural track career:... ) |
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| Silver | (Reinhard Beer Reinhard Beer Reinhard Beer is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1990. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two gold , one silver , and two bronzes .Beer also won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL... , Herbert Kögl Herbert Kögl Herbert Kögl is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1988. A natural track luger, he won six medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two gold , one silver , and three bronzes .Kögl also won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL... ) |
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| Bronze | (Andrzej Laszczak Andrzej Laszczak Andrzej Laszczak is a Polish luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, he won four bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships .Laszczak also two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track... , Damian Waniczek Damian Waniczek Damian Waniczek is a Polish luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, he won four bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships .Waniczek also two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track... ) |
The Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
doubles team of Laszczak and Waniczek are the first non-Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n or Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
team to medal in this event at the World Championships.
Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |