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Seventy-two Austrian athletes to participate in Beijing 2008
22/7/2008 9:28

The Austrian Olympic Committee (OeOC) released yesterday in Vienna the final name list of 72 athletes for the Olympic Games 2008.

The athletes would take part in 16 sports, including sailing which held in Qingdao and horse sport in Hong Kong. Among those athletes, there are 32 women and 40 men.

Heinz Jungwirth, General Secretary of the OeOC, told the local media Tuesday that he hoped for 3 medals during this 16-day-long Games.

OeOC President Leo Wallner however said: "You could not hear any (medal) numbers from me."

This athlete delegation would also be the smallest one since Montreal 1976.

Following are the final name list.

Fencing (1): Roland Schlosser

Judo (3): Ludwig Paischer, Sabrina Filzmoser, Claudia Heill

Canoe/Shallow water (2): Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz

Canoe/White water (2): Violetta Oblinger-Peters, Helmut Oblinger

Track and field (3): Eva-Maria Gradwohl, Gerhard Mayer, Guenther Weidlinger

Equestrian/dressage (1): Victoria Max-Theurer

Equestrian/versatileness (1): Harald Ambros

Cycling/street (4): Christian Pfannberger, Thomas Rohregger, Christiane Soeder, Monika Schachl

Cycling/Mountain bike (2): Christoph Soukup, Elisabeth Osl

Shooting (3): Mario Knoegler, Thomas Farnik, Christian Planer

Swimming (12): Mirna Jukic, Birgit Koschischek, Joerdis Steinegger, Nina Dittrich, Markus Rogan, Dinko Jukic, Dominik Koll,Hunor Mate, Maxim Podoprigora, Sebastian Stoss, David Brandl, Florian Janistyn

Swimming/diving (3): Anja Richter, Veronika Kratochwil, Constantin Blaha

Swimming/synchronized swimming (2): Lisbeth Mahn, Nadine Brandl

Sailing (11): Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, Nico Delle-Karth, Niko Resch, Hans Spitzauer, Christian Nehammer, Andreas Geritzer, Sylvia Vogl, Carolina Flatscher, Matthias Schmid, Florian Reichstaedter

Tennis (3): Sybille Bammer, Julian Knowle, Jurgen Melzer

Table tennis (6 plus 1 substitute athlete): Werner Schlager, Chen Weixing, Robert Gardos, Liu Jia, Li Qiangbing, Veronika Heine. Substitute: Daniel Habesohn

Triathlon (4): Kate Allen, Eva Dollinger, Tania Haiboeck, Simon Agoston

Gymnastics/ eurhythmics (1): Caroline Weber

Volleyball/Beach Volleyball (8): Clemens Doppler, Peter Gartmayer,Florian Gosch, Alexander Horst, Doris Schwaiger, Stefanie Schwaiger, Sara Montagnolli, Sabine Swoboda.



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