![]() Frisch in 2018 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Aileen Christina Frisch |
Nationality |
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Born | Lebach, ![]() | 25 August 1992
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
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Event | Singles |
Coached by | Steffen Sartor (GER) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 프리쉐 아일린 크리스티나 |
Revised Romanization | Peuliswe Aillin Keuliseutina |
McCune–Reischauer | p'ŭriswe Aillin k'ŭrisŭt'ina |
Aileen Christina Frisch ( Korean: 아일린 프리슈; born 25 August 1992) is a South Korean- Slovenian [1] luger. Frisch competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics for South Korea. [2]
In 2012, Frisch became the world junior female singles luge champion, competing as a German. [3]
Frisch failed to make the German luge team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. [3]
She retired from luging in 2015 at age 22. After her retirement, she was contacted by German coaches hired by South Korea to become a naturalized South Korean and join the South Korean luge team. At first, she refused, but in 2016, she consented and acceded to a second request when she started missing the competitions. In December 2016, she became a South Korean citizen so she could legally compete on the South Korea team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [3] She also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [4]
![]() Frisch in 2018 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Aileen Christina Frisch |
Nationality |
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Born | Lebach, ![]() | 25 August 1992
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Sport | |
Country |
|
Sport | ![]() |
Event | Singles |
Coached by | Steffen Sartor (GER) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 프리쉐 아일린 크리스티나 |
Revised Romanization | Peuliswe Aillin Keuliseutina |
McCune–Reischauer | p'ŭriswe Aillin k'ŭrisŭt'ina |
Aileen Christina Frisch ( Korean: 아일린 프리슈; born 25 August 1992) is a South Korean- Slovenian [1] luger. Frisch competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics for South Korea. [2]
In 2012, Frisch became the world junior female singles luge champion, competing as a German. [3]
Frisch failed to make the German luge team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. [3]
She retired from luging in 2015 at age 22. After her retirement, she was contacted by German coaches hired by South Korea to become a naturalized South Korean and join the South Korean luge team. At first, she refused, but in 2016, she consented and acceded to a second request when she started missing the competitions. In December 2016, she became a South Korean citizen so she could legally compete on the South Korea team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [3] She also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [4]