Markus Prock

Markus Prock (born 22 June 1964) is an Austrian luger who competed between 1983 and 2002. Born in Innsbruck, Prock competed in six Winter Olympics winning three medals in the men's singles event with two silvers (1992, 1994) and one bronze (2002).

Markus Prock
Medal record
Men's Luge
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
1992 AlbertvilleMen's singles
1994 LillehammerMen's singles
2002 Salt Lake CityMen's singles
World Championships
1987 IglsMen's singles
1996 AltenbergMen's singles
1996 AltenbergMixed team
1997 IglsMixed team
1999 KönigsseeMixed team
1990 CalgaryMen's singles
1991 WinterbergMixed team
1993 CalgaryMixed team
1997 IglsMen's singles
1991 WinterbergMen's singles
1995 LillehammerMen's singles
1995 LillehammerMixed team
2000 St. MoritzMixed team
2001 CalgaryMen's singles
World Cup Championships
1987-88 Men's singles
1990-91 Men's singles
1991-92 Men's singles
1992-93 Men's singles
1993-94 Men's singles
1994-95 Men's singles
1995-96 Men's singles
1996-97 Men's singles
1998-99 Men's singles
2001-02 Men's singles
1984-85 Men's singles
1989-90 Men's singles
1986-87 Men's singles
2000-01 Men's singles
European Championships
1994 KönigsseeMen's singles
1998 OberhofMen's singles
2002 AltenbergMen's singles
1988 KönigsseeMen's singles
1990 IglsMen's singles
1992 WinterbergMixed team
1996 SiguldaMixed team
1994 KönigsseeMixed team
1998 OberhofMixed team
2002 AltenbergMixed team
Markus Prock (2019)

Prock grew up in the village of Mieders in the Stubaital. His parents managed a petrol station and a pension.[1] He competed in several sports in his youth, ski racing, playing football and sprinting, achieving personal bests of 22.8s for the 200m and 50.9s for the 400m whilst in high school.[2] He took up luge after racing in a competition for teenagers held at Igls.[1]

Prock was known for his rivalry with Georg Hackl, with Prock being dominant in World Cup competition whilst Hackl consistently achieved success at the Winter Olympics. Prock was noted for his athleticism and his powerful start.[2]

At the FIL World Luge Championships, Prock won 13 medals, including five gold (Men's singles: 1987, 1996; Mixed team: 1996, 1997, 1999), four silvers (Men's singles: 1990, 1997; Mixed team: 1991, 1993), and four bronzes (Men's singles: 1995, 2001; Mixed team: 1995, 2001).

Prock won ten medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with five in men's singles (gold: 1994, 1998, 2002; silver: 1988, 1990) and five medals in the mixed team event (silver: 1992, 1996; bronze: 1994, 1998, 2002).

He also won the overall Luge World Cup ten times in men's singles (198788, 199091, 199192, 199293, 199394, 199495, 199596, 199697, 199899, 200102).

After retiring from competition, Prock was appointed as sporting director of the Austrian Luge Federation in 2002.[3] He left this role in November 2018, when he was elected as the Federation's president, receiving 88 percent of the vote in the Federation's national conference in Semmering, Austria.[4]

He is the father of luger Hannah Prock.[5] He also manages his nephew, Gregor Schlierenzauer, who was second in the 200607 Ski jumping World Cup entering the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. Schlierenzauer won a gold in the team large hill at those championships.

References

  1. McCallum, Jack (27 January 1988). "Going Feet First". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. Layden, Tim (9 February 1998). "Born To Luge Georg Hackl is a techno whiz, Markus Prock is a natural athlete. The Olympics have belonged to Hackl, the World Cup circuit to Prock. Now, the final act of one of the greatest, if most obscure, rivalries in sports is about to begin". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. Datler, Markku (8 February 2014). "Im Eiskanal werden Kinderträume wahr" [On the sledding track children's dreams come true]. Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. "Prock zum neuen Präsidenten des Rodelverbands gewählt" [Prock elected the new president of the luge federation]. Tiroler Tageszeitung (in German). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. "Family Business". Australian Olympic Committee (in German). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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