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'''Tobias Wendl''' (born 16 June 1987) is a German [[luge]]r who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2008|2008 FIL World Luge Championships]] in [[Oberhof, Germany]], a silver and a bronze at the [[FIL European Luge Championships 2010]] in [[Sigulda]], a gold at the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2013]], and two gold medals at his debut [[Winter Olympics]] at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]]. He is also a [[Master Sergeant]] in the [[German Army]].
'''Tobias Wendl''' (born 16 June 1987) is a German [[luge]]r who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2008|2008 FIL World Luge Championships]] in [[Oberhof, Germany]], a silver and a bronze at the [[FIL European Luge Championships 2010]] in [[Sigulda]], a gold at the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2013]], and two gold medals at his debut [[Winter Olympics]] at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]]. He is also a [[Master Sergeant]] in the [[German Army]].


==Biography==
==Career==
Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in [[Aachen]], [[Germany]].<ref name="ILF "/> He began competing in the [[luge]] in 1993; and became a part of the national team in 2005, luging as a front.<ref name="ILF "/> At the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2008|2008 FIL World Luge Championships]] in [[Oberhof, Germany]], he won a silver medal; and at the [[FIL European Luge Championships 2010]] in [[Sigulda]], Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the mixed team events.<ref name="ILF "/> He won a gold medal at the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2013]], in [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]], [[Canada]].<ref name="ILF "/> Wendl competes in the double with [[Tobias Arlt]], and is the front.<ref name="ILF "/> Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express"<ref name="Sochi "/> and "The Two Tobis".<ref name="Tobi">{{cite web | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/germany-39-wendl-arlt-win-164232195--spt.html | title=Germany's Wendl and Arlt win doubles luge | work=Yahoo Sport | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=2 March 2014 | author=Withers, Tom}}</ref>
Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in [[Aachen]], [[Germany]].<ref name="ILF "/> He began competing in the [[luge]] in 1993; and became a part of the national team in 2005, luging as a front.<ref name="ILF "/> At the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2008|2008 FIL World Luge Championships]] in [[Oberhof, Germany]], he won a silver medal; and at the [[FIL European Luge Championships 2010]] in [[Sigulda]], Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the team relay events.<ref name="ILF "/> He won a gold medal at the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2013]], in [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]], [[Canada]].<ref name="ILF "/> Wendl competes in the double with [[Tobias Arlt]], and is the front.<ref name="ILF "/> Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express"<ref name="Sochi "/> and "The Two Tobis".<ref name="Tobi">{{cite web | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/germany-39-wendl-arlt-win-164232195--spt.html | title=Germany's Wendl and Arlt win doubles luge | work=Yahoo Sport | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=2 March 2014 | author=Withers, Tom}}</ref>


He competed at the [[2024 FIL World Luge Championships]] and won a gold medal in the [[2024 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|team relay]] and a bronze medal in the [[2024 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's doubles|doubles]] event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fil-luge.org/en/news/germany-triumphs-in-the-team-relay-at-the-end-of-the-world-championships |title=Germany triumphs in the Team Relay at the end of the World Championships |website=fil-luge.org |date=28 January 2024 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref>
He is also a [[Master Sergeant]] in the [[German Army]].<ref name="Sochi">{{cite web | url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-tobias-wendl | title=Tobias Wendl | work=Sochi.ru | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref>


===Olympics===
===Olympics===
Wendl won two gold medals at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]]; in the luge double with [[Tobias Arlt]], he won a gold in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track: this was half a second ahead of the second-placed [[Andreas Linger]] and [[Wolfgang Linger]] of Austria;<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/germanys-wendl-and-arlt-win-doubles-luge/2014/02/12/1654d9ce-9405-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140220175953/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/germanys-wendl-and-arlt-win-doubles-luge/2014/02/12/1654d9ce-9405-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 February 2014 | title=Doubles luge: Germany's 'two Tobis' — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt — win gold medal | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> this winning margin was the biggest ever in Olympic luge doubles.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-luge-doubles-idUSL3N0LH4ZT20140212 | title=Olympics-Luge-Wendl and Arlt extend German gold rush | work=Reuters | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014 | author=Khutork, Rosa}}</ref> In the pair's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26057320 | title=Sochi 2014: Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt win luge doubles gold | publisher=BBC | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref>
Wendl won two gold medals at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]]; in the luge double with [[Tobias Arlt]], he won a gold in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track: this was half a second ahead of the second-placed [[Andreas Linger]] and [[Wolfgang Linger]] of Austria;<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/germanys-wendl-and-arlt-win-doubles-luge/2014/02/12/1654d9ce-9405-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140220175953/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/germanys-wendl-and-arlt-win-doubles-luge/2014/02/12/1654d9ce-9405-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 February 2014 | title=Doubles luge: Germany's 'two Tobis' — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt — win gold medal | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> this winning margin was the biggest ever in Olympic luge doubles.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-luge-doubles-idUSL3N0LH4ZT20140212 | title=Olympics-Luge-Wendl and Arlt extend German gold rush | work=Reuters | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014 | author=Khutork, Rosa}}</ref> In the pair's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26057320 | title=Sochi 2014: Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt win luge doubles gold | publisher=BBC | date=12 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref>


Wendl then won the [[Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team relay|team relay]] with [[Felix Loch]], [[Natalie Geisenberger]], and [[Tobias Arlt]];<ref name="ABC">{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-14/germany-wins-team-relay-to-complete-gold-luge-sweep/5259276 | title=Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep | publisher=ABC News | date=14 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> finishing more than one full second ahead of the second-placed [[Russian Federation]], in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.<ref name="Gold">{{cite web | url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge-team-relay-competition | title=Luge Team Relay Competition | work=Sochi.ru | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref>
Wendl then won the [[Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team relay|team relay]] with [[Felix Loch]], [[Natalie Geisenberger]], and [[Tobias Arlt]];<ref name="ABC">{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-14/germany-wins-team-relay-to-complete-gold-luge-sweep/5259276 | title=Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep | publisher=ABC News | date=14 February 2014 | access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> finishing more than one full second ahead of the second-placed [[Russian Federation]], in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.<ref name="Gold">{{cite web | url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge-team-relay-competition | title=Luge Team Relay Competition | website=Sochi2014.com | publisher=Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi | access-date=20 February 2014 | archive-date=19 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719180523/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge-team-relay-competition | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is also a [[Master Sergeant]] in the [[German Army]].<ref name="Sochi">{{cite web | url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-tobias-wendl | title=Tobias Wendl | website=Sochi2014.com | publisher=[[Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi]] | access-date=20 February 2014 | archive-date=19 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219214227/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-tobias-wendl | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Luge results==
==Luge results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Luge Federation|International Luge Federation (FIL)]] and [[German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation|German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD)]].<ref name="ILF "/><ref name="bsd-profile"/>
All results are sourced from the [[International Luge Federation|International Luge Federation (FIL)]] and [[German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation|German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD)]].<ref name="ILF "/><ref name="bsd-profile"/>

===World Championships===
*19 medals – (10 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze)
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! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Doubles
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Sprint
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Team relay
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[FIL World Luge Championships 2011|2011 Cesena]] || ''23'' || DNF || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} [[FIL World Luge Championships 2012|2012 Altenberg]] || ''24'' || 4th || {{n/a}} || —
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[FIL World Luge Championships 2013|2013 Whistler]] || ''25'' || style="background:gold;"|'''Gold''' || {{n/a}} || style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|LAT}} [[2015 FIL World Luge Championships|2015 Sigulda]] || ''27'' || style="background:gold;"|[[2015 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles|'''Gold''']] || {{n/a}} || style="background:gold;"|[[2015 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|'''Gold''']]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} [[2016 FIL World Luge Championships|2016 Königssee]] || ''28'' || style="background:gold;"|[[2016 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles|'''Gold''']] || style="background:gold;"|[[2016 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles' sprint|'''Gold''']] || style="background:gold;"|[[2016 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|'''Gold''']]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[2017 FIL World Luge Championships|2017 Innsbruck]] || ''29'' || style="background:silver;"|[[2017 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles|'''Silver''']] || style="background:gold;"|[[2017 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles' sprint|'''Gold''']] || [[2017 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|—]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} {{nowrap|[[2019 FIL World Luge Championships|2019 Winterberg]]}} || ''31'' || style="background:silver;"|[[2019 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles|'''Silver''']] || style="background:silver;"|[[2019 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles' sprint|'''Silver''']] || [[2019 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|—]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[2020 FIL World Luge Championships|2020 Sochi]] || ''32'' || style="background:#cc9966;"|[[2020 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles|'''Bronze''']] || style="background:#cc9966;"|[[2020 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles' sprint|'''Bronze''']] || [[2020 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|—]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} [[2021 FIL World Luge Championships|2021 Königssee]] || ''33'' || style="background:silver|[[2021 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles|'''Silver''']] || style="background:gold;"|[[2021 FIL World Luge Championships – Doubles' sprint|'''Gold''']] || [[2021 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|—]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} [[2023 FIL World Luge Championships|2023 Oberhof]] || ''35'' || style="background:silver|[[2023 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's doubles|'''Silver''']] || style="background:silver;"|[[2023 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's doubles' sprint|'''Silver''']] || [[2023 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|—]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} [[2024 FIL World Luge Championships|2024 Altenberg]] || ''36'' || style="background:#cc9966;"|[[2024 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's doubles|'''Bronze''']] || [[2024 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's doubles' sprint|7th]] || style="background:gold;"|[[2024 FIL World Luge Championships – Team relay|'''Gold''']]
|}

===World Cup===
===World Cup===
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 25 October 2024

Tobias Wendl
Tobias Wendl in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 37)[1]
Aachen, West Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight88 kg (194 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryGermany
SportLuge
EventDoubles
Coached byPatric Leitner[3]
Norbert Loch
Georg Hackl[3]
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Whistler Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Whistler Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sigulda Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sigulda Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Doubles' sprint
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Igls Doubles' sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Königssee Doubles' sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Altenberg Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2008 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Igls Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Winterberg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Winterberg Doubles' sprint
Silver medal – second place 2021 Königssee Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Oberhof Doubles' sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Doubles' sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Alternberg Doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Königssee Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Königssee Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Oberhof Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paramonovo Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paramonovo Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Altenberg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Oberhof Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 St. Moritz Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Sigulda Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2024 Igls Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Sigulda Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sigulda Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sigulda Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Igls Doubles

Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.

Career

[edit]

Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in Aachen, Germany.[2] He began competing in the luge in 1993; and became a part of the national team in 2005, luging as a front.[2] At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, he won a silver medal; and at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the team relay events.[2] He won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, in Whistler, Canada.[2] Wendl competes in the double with Tobias Arlt, and is the front.[2] Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express"[4] and "The Two Tobis".[5]

He competed at the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the team relay and a bronze medal in the doubles event.[6]

Olympics

[edit]

Wendl won two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi; in the luge double with Tobias Arlt, he won a gold in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track: this was half a second ahead of the second-placed Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger of Austria;[7] this winning margin was the biggest ever in Olympic luge doubles.[8] In the pair's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[9]

Wendl then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Arlt;[10] finishing more than one full second ahead of the second-placed Russian Federation, in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.[11]

Personal life

[edit]

He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.[4]

Luge results

[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).[2][1]

World Championships

[edit]
  • 19 medals – (10 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze)
Year Age Doubles Sprint Team relay
Italy 2011 Cesena 23 DNF
Germany 2012 Altenberg 24 4th
Canada 2013 Whistler 25 Gold Gold
Latvia 2015 Sigulda 27 Gold Gold
Germany 2016 Königssee 28 Gold Gold Gold
Austria 2017 Innsbruck 29 Silver Gold
Germany 2019 Winterberg 31 Silver Silver
Russia 2020 Sochi 32 Bronze Bronze
Germany 2021 Königssee 33 Silver Gold
Germany 2023 Oberhof 35 Silver Silver
Germany 2024 Altenberg 36 Bronze 7th Gold

World Cup

[edit]
Season Doubles Sprint Team relay Points Overall Doubles Sprint
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6
2007–08 Lake Placid
7
Calgary
4
Winterberg
5
Innsbruck
9
Königssee
2
Altenberg
3
Sigulda 1
4
Sigulda 2
5
Lake Placid
Winterberg
2
Königssee
Sigulda
470 5th
2008–09 Innsbruck
6
Sigulda
5
Winterberg
4
Königssee
2
Cesana
5
Oberhof
1
Altenberg
5
Calgary
10
Whistler
16
Sigulda
2
Winterberg
Königssee
Oberhof
1
Altenberg
1
521 4th
2009–10 Calgary
11
Innsbruck
5
Altenberg
5
Lillehammer
8
Königssee
1
Winterberg
5
Oberhof
2
Cesana
1
Innsbruck
Altenberg
1
Königssee
1
Winterberg
1
Oberhof
526 4th
2010–11 Innsbruck
4
Winterberg
1
Calgary
1
Park City
3
Königssee
1
Oberhof
1
Altenberg
2

2
Sigulda
7
Innsbruck
1
Winterberg
1
Königssee
1
Oberhof
1
Altenberg
1
Sigulda
746 1st
2011–12 Innsbruck
4
Whistler
6
Calgary
1
Königssee
1
Oberhof
2
Winterberg
1
St. Moritz
3
Sigulda
3

2
Innsbruck
2
Whistler
Calgary
2
Oberhof
Winterberg
1
Sigulda
3
720 2nd
2012–13 Innsbruck
1
Königssee
1
Altenberg
1
Sigulda
2
Königssee
1
Oberhof
2
Winterberg
8
Lake Placid
1
Sochi
1
Innsbruck
1
Altenberg
1
Sigulda
1
Königssee
1
Lake Placid
1
Sochi
1
827 1st
2013–14 Lillehammer
1
Innsbruck
2
Winterberg
1
Whistler
1
Park City
1
Königssee
1
Oberhof
2
Altenberg
1
Sigulda
Innsbruck
Winterberg
Whistler
1
Park City
1
Königssee
1
Altenberg
3
770 1st
2014–15 Innsbruck
4
Lake Placid
2
Calgary
2
Königssee
1
Oberhof
1
Winterberg
2
Lillehammer
1
Altenberg
1
Sochi
1
Innsbruck
3
Calgary
1
Altenberg
3
Lake Placid
Königssee
1
Oberhof
1
Winterberg
Lillehammer
1
Sochi
1
1055 2nd
2015–16 Innsbruck
3
Lake Placid
8
Park City
1
Calgary
3
Sigulda
1
Oberhof
1
Sochi
1
Altenberg
2
Winterberg
2
Park City
2
Calgary
1
Oberhof
1
Innsbruck
Lake Placid
Sigulda
1
Sochi
2
Altenberg
Winterberg
1037[12] 1st
2016–17 Winterberg
3
Lake Placid
8
Whistler
2
Park City
1
Königssee
1
Sigulda
10
Oberhof
1
Pyeongchang
2
Altenberg
13
Winterberg
2
Park City
2
Sigulda
3
Lake Placid
Königssee
1
Sigulda
Oberhof
1
Pyeongchang
Altenberg
888 2nd
2017–18 Innsbruck
3
Winterberg
2
Altenberg
4
Calgary
3
Lake Placid
7
Königssee
1
Oberhof
2
Lillehammer
3
Sigulda
3
Winterberg
1
Lake Placid
10
Lillehammer
2
Sigulda
11
Innsbruck
Altenberg
Calgary
Königssee
Oberhof
Sigulda
911 2nd 2nd
2018–19 Innsbruck
7
Whistler
3
Calgary
1
Lake Placid
2
Königssee
2
Sigulda
4
Altenberg
19
Oberhof
1
Sochi
7
Innsbruck
3
Lake Placid
4
Sochi
7
Whistler
Calgary
1
Königssee
Sigulda
Oberhof
2
Sochi
790 3rd 3rd 1st
2019–20 Innsbruck
2
Lake Placid
1
Whistler
2
Altenberg
7
Lillehammer
7
Sigulda
2
Oberhof
1
Winterberg
Königssee
2
Lake Placid
3
Whistler
2
Sigulda
4
Innsbruck
Altenberg
Lillehammer
4
Oberhof
1
Winterberg
Königssee
846 2nd 2nd 3rd
2020–21 Innsbruck
4
Altenberg
3
Oberhof
18
Winterberg
1
Königssee
2
Sigulda
2
Oberhof
2
Innsbruck
9
St. Moritz
5
Innsbruck
5
Winterberg
3
Innsbruck
7
Innsbruck
Altenberg
Oberhof
Königssee
Sigulda
3
St. Moritz
CNX
773 4th 4th 4th
2021–22 Yanqing
9
Sochi
3
Sochi
5
Altenberg
4
Innsbruck
4
Winterberg
1
Sigulda
3
Oberhof
2
St. Moritz
2
Sochi
8
Innsbruck
4
Sigulda
3
Yanqing
Sochi
2
Altenberg
Winterberg
4
Oberhof
St. Moritz
796 3rd 2nd 3rd
2022–23 Innsbruck
5
Whistler
2
Park City
3
Sigulda
2
Sigulda
1
Altenberg
2
Winterberg
1
St. Moritz
1
Winterberg
1
Innsbruck
11
Park City
1
Winterberg
1
Whistler
Sigulda 1
2
Sigulda 2
2
Altenberg
St. Moritz
1
Winterberg
2
1014 1st 1st 1st

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Wendl, Tobias". International Luge Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Harder, Wolfgang (May 2014). "All four gold medals go to the 'Sunshine Training Group'" (PDF). FIL Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 51. Berchtesgaden, Germany: International Luge Federation. p. 9. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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