{{short description|British-German luger}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox speed skater | name = Rupert Staudinger | full_name = | image = 2018-11-22 Rennrodel-Weltcup Innsbruck-Igls StP 5377 LR10 by Stepro.jpg | caption = Staudinger in 2018 | nationality = British-German | sport = Luge | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Berchtesgaden, Germany | death_date = | death_place = | height = 188 cm | weight = 80 kg }}
'''Rupert Staudinger''' (born 15 July 1997) is a British-German luger. Born in Berchtesgaden in Bavaria to a German father and a Welsh mother, he grew up in Schönau am Königssee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/luge/rupert-staudinger_prs442901/person.shtml |title=Rupert Staudinger - Player Profile - Luge - Eurosport |work=Eurosport |accessdate=13 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de/startseite_artikel,-grosse-ambitionen-_arid,381272.html |title=Große Ambitionen |work=Berchtesgadener Anzeiger |language=German |accessdate=13 September 2019}}</ref>
Staudinger competed for the United Kingdom in the men's singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/luge/athlete-profile-n3036556-rupert-staudinger.htm |title=Rupert Staudinger |work=Pyeongchang 2018 |accessdate=10 February 2018 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071611/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/luge/athlete-profile-n3036556-rupert-staudinger.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since no British athlete qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics, luge did not receive UK Sport funding for the 2018 Olympic cycle. Staudinger still qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics and finished in 33rd place despite posting his best time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42968003|title=Winter Olympics: David Gleirscher claims Austria's first luge gold in 50 years after Felix Loch error|date=11 February 2018|publisher=BBC|accessdate=11 February 2018}}</ref>
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