Lara Kipp

Lara Michaela Kipp is an Austrian luger. She is a three-time World Champion.

Career

Kipp was selected to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Luge at the [2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' doubles|doubles], however, her doubles teammate, Selina Egle, suffered a fractured metatarsus during a training session and had to withdraw from the competition.
Kipp made her international debut for Austria at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships where she won silver medals in the 2023 [FIL World Luge Championships – Women's doubles|doubles] and 2023 FIL [World Luge Championships – Women's doubles' sprint|doubles' sprint] events, along with her doubles teammate Selina Egle.
At the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships, she won a gold in the doubles event with a time of 1:24.761.
In January 2025, she competed at the 2025 FIL European Luge Championships, and won gold medals in the doubles and team relay events. She then competed at the 2025 FIL World Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the inaugural mixed doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a time of 1:22.894. She also competed in the doubles event and broke a track record with their first run, in a time of 38.858 seconds. They finished with a time of 1:17.724, to win their second consecutive gold medal.
In January 2026, she competed at the 2026 FIL European Luge Championships and won silver medals in the doubles and team relay events. She then won a gold medal in the first European Championship mixed doubles event, with a Oberhof bobsleigh, [luge, and skeleton track|Oberhof luge track] record time of 1:34.156.