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Patrick Schwienbacher

Italian luger

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ2057962 ↗
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Patrick Schwienbacher (born 2 November 1982) is an Italian luger who has been competing since 1997. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 18th twice (2005–06, 2006-07).

Schwienbacher's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 16th in the men's singles event at Park City in 2005. His best finish at the FIL European Luge Championships was 19th in the men's singles event twice (2004, 2008).

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 1997, 2005, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-11-02. The account is most persuasive where Patrick, Schwienbacher and Italian can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Patrick Schwienbacher” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.