David Mair (born 26 July 1980, in Meran) 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.
David Mair (back) and Florian Breitenberger at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2010 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Natural track luge | ||
World Championships | ||
2000 Olang-Valadora | Men's doubles | |
2001 Stein an der Enns | Mixed team | |
2001 Stein an der Enns | Men's doubles | |
European Championships | ||
1999 Szczyrk | Men's doubles |
Natural track career
editAs a natural track luger, Mair won a bronze medal at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1999, a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2000 and a silver medal at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2001 in the Men's doubles with his brother Armin Mair. He also won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2001 in the mixed team event.
After five years as a skeleton racer he gave his comeback as a natural track luger in 2009.
Skeleton career
editIn 2002 Mair switched to skeleton.[1] In 2007 he finished seventh in the team event at the FIBT World Championships.
References
edit- FIL-Luge profile including his results since 2009 (Note: all his results until 2002 are mistakenly in the FIL-Luge profile of the artificial track luger of the same name)
- FIBT profile
- ^ Russian double wins gold – Mair/Hofer take surprise silver. FIL, January 29, 2005