Renate Gietl (born 10 January 1982) is an 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...

 luge

Luge

A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...

r who has competed since 1997. A natural track luger, she won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1979. These championships are shown for natural tracks...

 with a four medals in women's singles (Gold: 2009

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2009

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2009 took place 12-15 February 2009 in Moos, Italy. This was the second time the city hosted the event having done so in 1980.-Event preparations:...

, 2011

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2011

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2011 took place 26-30 January in Umhausen, Austria.-Men's singles:Run 1 took place after the second run of the women's single event after 18:30 CET on 29 January...

); Silver: 2001

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2001

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2001 took place in Stein an der Enns, Austria. This marked the first time the championships were held in consecutive years since the first two championships were held in 1979 and 1980...

, Bronze: 2005

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2005

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:-References:****...

) and five medals in the mixed team event (Gold: 2009, 2011; Silver: 2007

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2007

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2007 took place in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It is the first time that the championships were held outside of Europe.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:...

, Bronze: 2003

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2003

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2003 took place in Železniki, Slovenia.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 2005).

Gietl also earned four medals at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation , have taken place since 1970. A team event was added for the 2010 championships...

 with a silver (mixed team: 2010

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2010

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2010 was held 15-17 January 2010 in Sankt Sebastian, Austria. A team event debuted at these championships, the first change to the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships since they began in 1970. Italy earned their 100th medal at these...

) and three bronzes (women's singles: 2006

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2006

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2006 took place in Umhausen, Austria.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 2008

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2008

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2008 was held 15-17 February in Olang, Italy. The Italians won the most medals in this event with five despite not winning any of the three events.-Men's singles:...

, 2010).