Markus Prock

Markus Prock
Medal record
Men's Luge
Representing Austria
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup Championships
European Championships

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 (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 (1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02).

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 2006–07 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

McCallum, Jack (27 January 1988). "Going Feet First". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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.
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.
"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.
"Family Business". Australian Olympic Committee (in German). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

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[si1988-1] McCallum, Jack (27 January 1988). "Going Feet First". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[si1998-2] 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.

World champions in mixed team relay luge
Six per team	1989: Italy Hansjörg Raffl Gerhard Plankensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner Veronika Oberhuber Norbert Huber 1990: East Germany Jens Müller Thomas Jacob Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch 1991: Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Susi Erdmann Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt 1993: Germany Georg Hackl René Friedl Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt 1995: Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt 1996: Austria Markus Prock Markus Schmidt Angelika Neuner Andrea Tagwerker Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl 1997: Austria Markus Prock Gerhard Gleirscher Andrea Tagwerker Angelika Neuner Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl
Four per team	1999: Austria Markus Prock Andrea Tagwerker Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl 2000: Germany Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2001: Germany Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2003: Germany Georg Hackl Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2004: Germany David Möller Barbara Niedernhuber Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2005: Germany Georg Hackl Sylke Otto André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich 2007: Germany David Möller Silke Kraushaar-Pielach Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
Four per team as relay	2008: Germany Felix Loch Tatjana Hüfner André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich 2009: Germany Felix Loch Natalie Geisenberger André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich 2012: Germany Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken 2013–2016: Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt 2017: Germany Tatjana Hüfner Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken 2019: Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Yuri Prokhorov 2020: Germany Julia Taubitz Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken