Christian Auer

Christian Auer
Medal record
Skeleton
World Championships
Gold 1991 Igls Men
Silver 1989 St. Moritz Men
Silver 1995 Lillehammer Men
Bronze 1992 Calgary Men
Bronze 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

v · 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)
v · World Cup champions in men's skeleton
1986-7: Andi Schmid (AUT) * 1987-8: Andi Schmid (AUT) * 1988-9: Alain Wicki (SUI) * 1989-90: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1990-1: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1991-2: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1992-3: Franz Plangger (AUT) * 1993-4: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1994-5: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1995-6: Ryan Davenport (CAN) * 1996-7: Alexander Müller (AUT) * 1997-8: Willi Schneider (GER) * 1998-9: Andy Böhme (GER) * 1999-2000: Andy Böhme (GER) * 2000-1: Lincoln DeWitt (USA) * 2001-2: Gregor Stähli (SUI) * 2002-3: Chris Soule (USA) * 2003-4: Kristan Bromley (GBR) * 2004-5: Jeff Pain (CAN) * 2005-6: Jeff Pain (CAN) * 2006-7: Zach Lund (USA) * 2007-8: Kristan Bromley (GBR) * 2008-9: Alexander Tretiakov (RUS) * 2009–10: Martins Dukurs (LAT) * 2010–11: Martins Dukurs (LAT)



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