Armin Assinger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameArmin Ignaz•Assinger
Used nameArmin•Assinger
Born7 June 1964 in Graz, Steiermark (AUT)
Measurements191 cm / 94 kg
AffiliationsSC Hermagor, Hermagor-Pressegger See (AUT)
NOC Austria

Biography

Austrian Alpine skier Armin Assinger participated at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics. He placed 15th in the downhill and 11th in the super G event. Assinger also participated at the 1993 World Championships and finished 14th in the downhill. He won a total of four World Cup races.

After his active career Assinger became a TV commentator and analyser on Alpine World Cup races. Since 1999 he also hosted TV entertainment shows such as Glück gehabt (Lucky), Domino Day and Good Morning Österreich with the Austrian TV channel ORF 1. Since 2002 he presented the Austrian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire . Eight times, he was awarded the Austrian TV prize Golden Romy. Occasionally, he also appeared in various crime series.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1994 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) AUT Armin Assinger
Downhill, Men (Olympic) 15
Super G, Men (Olympic) 11