Faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Andreas Linger (fanau 31 Me 1981, i Hall i Tirol) o se Ausetalia litaea luger na tauva faʻavaomalo talu mai le 2000. O ia ma lona uso laʻitiiti o Wolfgang na amata ona tosoina i latou lava i se matua laʻitiiti lava, ma faia a latou uluai taʻaloga faʻalua i le 14 o latou tausaga. Ua manumalo Linger i pine e lima i le FIL World Luge Championships ma auro e tolu (Men's doubles: 2003, 2011 ma le 2012) ma apamemea e lua (Mixed team: 2003 ma men's doubles: 2013). Na ia mauaina foi ni pine se fitu i le FIL European Luge Championships ma le auro (Men's doubles: 2010), tolu siliva (Men's doubles: 2008, Mixed team: 2008, 2010), ma ni pine apamemea se tolu (Men's doubles: 2004
ma le 2014, Vaega fefiloi: 2004). O le Lingers na avea ma siamupini o le Luge World Cup i le 2011-12 ma manumalo ai i le 15 World Cup. Na avea i laʻua ma siamupini o le Olimipeka i le taʻaloga faʻalua a tamaloloa i le 2006 Winter Olympics i Turin, Italia ma le 2010 Winter Olympics i Vancouver, British Columbia, Kanata. Na latou manumalo i le 2006 e ui lava na gau le vae o Wolfgang i se faalavelave i le tausaga na muamua atu. I le 2010, na latou manumalo ai i le manumalo i le pine auro mai i se isi au o uso, o Andris ma Juris Šics mai Latvia.