- Three times champion of TV total (1999)'s Wok World Championships, where all participants ride down a bobsleigh course on a wok, winning in 2004, 2005 and 2007.
- Most successful luger at Olympic Games ever with three gold medals (1992,1994,1998) and two silver medals (1988,2002) in the singles' competition and first Olympian winning a medal in five consecutive Olympics. He was participant of six Winter Olympics from 1988 to 2006.
- Supports the organizations "Kinder in Not" and "Juvenile Adipositas".
- Was trained to work as a locksmith.
- Was elected member of the Berchtesgaden county's council for the Christian Social Union twice.
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