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Place of Birth: Völs am Schlern, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
About Oswald Haselrieder
- Oswald Haselrieder OMRI (born 22 August 1971 in Völs am Schlern, South Tyrol) is an Italian luger of Austrian descent who competed internationally from 1988 to 2010.
- He achieved success at junior level, taking two bronze medals in singles and a gold in doubles at the World Junior Championships, the latter achieved in partnership with Dietmar Pierhofer.
- Haselrider and Pierhofer continued to compete together until 1995, when they split up and Haselrieder joined forces with Gerhard Plankensteiner.
- Haselrieder went on to win the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin after competing in three previous Winter Olympic Games: in 1992 in the singles event and in doubles in 1998 and 2002.
- He went on to compete in a fifth Olympics in 2010: he retired soon afterwards after sustaining an injury in training in March of that year.Haselrieder also won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Men's doubles: 2009) and three bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996, Mixed team: 1996, 1997).
- At the FIL European Luge Championships, he won seven medals with one silver (Men's doubles: 1996) and six bronzes (Men's doubles: 2002, 2008 (tied with Germany); Mixed team: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008).
- He also won four Italian national titles in doubles.Haselrieder's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in men's doubles in 1996-7.
- He took a total of five World Cup race wins in doubles competition.He was made a knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006.
- After his retirement, he became a member of technical staff for the Italian national luge team.His wife, Doris, competed as a natural track luger for Italy in the early to mid-1990s.
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