Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - Wolfgang Linger (fanau 4 Novema 1982 i Hall i Tirol) o se Ausetalia litaea luger na tauva faavaomalo talu mai le 2000. A o laʻitiiti, na aʻoaʻoina ai o ia ma lona uso matua o Andreas e taaalo i le sopo i luga o se nofoaga sa avea muamua ma nofoaga o taaloga o le Olimipeka, ma ina ua 14 ona tausaga, na amata ai ona tauva i le taʻaloga o le sopo faalua mo le taimi muamua. 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. I le 2005, na gau ai lona vae i se faalavelave, ae i le tausaga na sosoo ai i le 2006 Winter Olympics i Turin, na manumalo ai Italia i le pine auro i le taʻavale faalua. Na toe faia foʻi e ia lenei mea i le 2010 Winter Olympics i Vancouver, i Kanata, ma faatoʻilaloina ai se isi ʻau o uso, o Andris ma Juris Šics mai Latvia.