Marion Oberhofer

Marion Oberhofer
Oberhofer in 2024
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 25)
Innichen, South Tyrol
Sport
SportLuge
Medal record
Women's luge
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2026 Milano Cortina Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2026 Milano Cortina Team relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Altenberg Doubles' sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Oberhof Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Oberhof Doubles' sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Igls Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Igls Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Winterberg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Winterberg Team relay
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Lillehammer Mixed team

Marion Oberhofer (born 14 December 2000) is an Italian luger.

Career

In January 2023, Oberhofer represented Italy at the 2023 FIL European Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the doubles event with her doubles teammate Andrea Vötter.[1] She then competed at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships and won bronze medals in the doubles and doubles' sprint events.[2]

She won the doubles overall 2022–23 Luge World Cup with 1,010 points, and won the doubles sprint along with Selina Egle and Lara Kipp.[3] She again won the doubles overall 2023–24 Luge World Cup.[4]

In January 2024, she competed at the 2024 FIL European Luge Championships and won a silver medal in the doubles event and a bronze medal in the team relay. She then competed at the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the doubles' sprint with a time of 28.421.[5]

In January 2025, she competed at the 2025 FIL European Luge Championships, and won bronze medals in the doubles and team relay events. [6][7] She then competed at the 2025 FIL World Luge Championships and finished in fourth place in the doubles event, finishing 113 thousandths of a second from winning bronze.[8]

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the doubles event, along with Vötter. It was the first time a women's doubles luge event was contested at the Olympics.[9][10] She also won a bronze medal in the team relay.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vötter/Oberhofer and Wendl/Arlt win European Championships in Sigulda". fil-luge.org. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal star as Germany dominate day one at World Luge Championships". eurosport.com. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Vötter/Oberhofer win World Cup - Degenhardt/Rosenthal World Champions". fil-luge.org. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  4. ^ "World Cup final in Sigulda / Decisions in the Overall women's and men's doubles World Cup and team relay open". fil-luge.org. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  5. ^ Singer, Jack (26 January 2024). "Parkite Farquharson, Chan/Weiler fourth in luge sprint World Championships". Park Record. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  6. ^ "European Championship bronze for Vötter and Oberhofer". sportnews.bz. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Record chase in the Winterberg ice track: European Championship titles for Wendl/Arlt and Egle/Kipp". fil-luge.org. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Vötter and Oberhofer narrowly miss World Championship medal". sportnews.bz. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Voetter and Oberhofer give Italy a home-ice win in Olympic women's doubles luge". AP News. 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  10. ^ Grossman, Zoe (11 February 2026). "Italy sweeps men's, women's doubles luge as USA's dramatic gold bid slips away". NBColympics.com. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  11. ^ Grossman, Zoe (12 February 2026). "Germany wins fourth straight luge team relay gold, stays undefeated in event". NBColympics.com. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Oberhofer