Christian Auer

Christian Auer
Medal record

Skeleton
World Championships
	1991 Igls	Men
	1989 St. Moritz	Men
	1995 Lillehammer	Men
	1992 Calgary	Men
	1996 Calgary	Men

Christian Auer (born April 4, 1966) is an Austrian skeleton racer who competed from the late 1980s to the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won five medals in the men's event at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (1991), two silvers (1989, 1995), and two bronzes (1992, 1996).

Auer also finished 12th in the men's skeleton at Salt Lake City in 2002.

He won the overall men's Skeleton World Cup title five times (1989–90, 1990-1, 1991-2, 1993-4, 1994-5).

Auer became a skeleton coach for the Canadian national team after the 2002 games.

References

World champions in men's skeleton

1982: Gert Elsässer (AUT)
1989: Alain Wicki (SUI)
1990: Michael Grünberger (AUT)
1991: Christian Auer (AUT)
1992: Bruce Sandford (NZL)
1993: Andi Schmid (AUT)
1994: Gregor Stähli (SUI)
1995: Jürg Wenger (SUI)
1996: Ryan Davenport (CAN)
1997: Ryan Davenport (CAN)
1998: Willi Schneider (GER)
1999: Jimmy Shea (USA)
2000: Andy Böhme (GER)
2001: Martin Rettl (AUT)
2003: Jeff Pain (CAN)
2004: Duff Gibson (CAN)
2005: Jeff Pain (CAN)
2007: Gregor Stähli (SUI)
2008: Kristan Bromley (GBR)
2009: Gregor Stähli (SUI)
2011: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2012: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2013: Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
2015: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2016: Martins Dukurs (LAT)

World Cup champions in men's skeleton

1986–87: Andi Schmid (AUT)
1987–88: Andi Schmid (AUT)
1988–89: Alain Wicki (SUI)
1989–90: Christian Auer (AUT)
1990–91: Christian Auer (AUT)
1991–92: Christian Auer (AUT)
1992–93: Franz Plangger (AUT)
1993–94: Christian Auer (AUT)
1994–95: Christian Auer (AUT)
1995–96: Ryan Davenport (CAN)
1996–97: Alexander Müller (AUT)
1997–98: Willi Schneider (GER)
1998–99: Andy Böhme (GER)
1999–2000: Andy Böhme (GER)
2000–01: Lincoln DeWitt (USA)
2001–02: Gregor Stähli (SUI)
2002–03: Chris Soule (USA)
2003–04: Kristan Bromley (GBR)
2004–05: Jeff Pain (CAN)
2005–06: Jeff Pain (CAN)
2006–07: Zach Lund (USA)
2007–08: Kristan Bromley (GBR)
2008-09: Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
2009–10: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2010–11: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2011–12: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2012–13: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2013–14: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2014–15: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
2015–16: Martins Dukurs (LAT)

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