Martin Rettl
Austrian skeleton racer
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Austria | ||
Olympic Games  | ||
 | 2002 Salt Lake City | Men |
| World Championships | ||
 | 2001 Calgary | Men |
Martin Rettl (born 25 November 1973) is an Austrian skeleton racer who competed from 1989 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's skeleton event at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Rettl also won a gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. His best overall Skeleton World Cup seasonal finish was third in the men's event in 2001–2.
Retiring from skeleton after the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Martin is an air traffic controller in Innsbruck, Austria and coaches sliders from Belgium, New Zealand and Spain in the IBSF World Cup.
References
- 2006 men's skeleton results
- FIBT profile
- List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987.
- Men's skeleton Olympic medalists since 1928 Archived 2020-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989
- Official website (in German)
External links
- Martin Rettl at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
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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)
- 1996–97: 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)
- 2011–12: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
- 2013: Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
- 2015–19: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
- 2020–21: Christopher Grotheer (GER)
- 2023: Matt Weston (GBR)
- 2024: Christopher Grotheer (GER)
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