Aileen Frisch

Aileen Christina Frisch (born 25 August 1992) is a South Korean luger. Frisch competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics for South Korea.[1]

Aileen Frisch
Frisch in 2018
Personal information
Full nameAileen Christina Frisch
Nationality South Korean
Born (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992
 Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country
SportLuge
Event(s)Singles
Coached bySteffen Sartor (GER)
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationAillin Keuliseutina Peulisyu
McCune–ReischauerAillin k'ŭrisŭt'ina p'ŭrisyu

Sports career

In 2012, Frisch became world junior female singles luge champion, competing as a German.[2]

Frisch failed to make the German luge team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2]

She retired from luging in 2015, at age 22. After her retirement, she was contacted by German coaches hired by South Korea to become a naturalized South Korean and join the South Korean luge team. At first, she refused, but then in 2016, she acquiesced and acceded to a second request, when she started missing the competition and travel in international sport. In December 2016 she became a South Korean citizen so she could legally compete on the South Korea team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Athlete Profile - FRISCH Aileen Christina". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. Jeré Longman; Chang W. Lee (8 February 2018). "South Korea Got the Winter Games. Then It Needed More Olympians". New York Times.
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