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2017–18 Luge World Cup
The 2017–18 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 18 November 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria, and ended on 27 January 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of .... Calendar Results Men's singles Women's singles Doubles Team relay Standings Men's singles *Final standings after 13 events *(*Champion 2017) Men's singles Sprint *Final standings after 4 events ''Only 7 lugers competed on all events'' Women's singles *Final standings after 13 events *(*Champion 2017) Women's singles Sprint *Final standings after 4 events *(*Champion 2017) ''Only 6 lugers competed on all events'' Doubles *Final standings after 13 events *(*Champion 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Loch
Felix Loch (; born 24 July 1989) is a German luger and Olympic champion. He has been competing since 1995 and on the German national team since 2006. He has won fourteen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with twelve golds (Men's singles: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016; Men's sprint 2016: Mixed team event: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) and two silvers (Men's singles: 2011, 2015). Loch's men's singles win in 2008 made him the youngest world champion ever at 18 years old. He is the youngest Olympic Gold Medalist in men's luge history. As of 2022, Loch is a triple Olympic gold medalist. Career At the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy, he finished sixth in the men's singles event. Previously he had won the 2006 Junior World Championship held in Altenberg, Germany. Loch is a member of the Club RC Berchtesgaden and currently lives at Schönau am Königssee though he was born in Sonneberg. During International Training Week at the Whistler Slid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Olympic Park Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Calgary, Alberta. Part of Canada Olympic Park, it hosted the bobsleigh and luge competitions at the 1988 Winter Olympics. This track is one of only two of its type in the world to be featured in a non-documentary film when it was part of the 1993 American film '' Cool Runnings'' which loosely followed the Jamaican Bobsled Team during their competition in bobsleigh at the 1988 Games (The other was the 1981 British film '' For Your Eyes Only'' which included scenes from the bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.). History In 1981, Calgary was awarded the 1988 Winter Olympics over Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo. The track was constructed on a fast-track program running from fall 1984 to spring 1986. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Cloy Morris
Taylor Cloy Morris (born June 4, 1991) is an American luger. He competed in the singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ... and placed 18th. Morris is colorblind. He took up luge aged 10 and won the national junior championships twice. In 2014 he was a substitute in the U.S. Olympic team. Morris is married to Megan. In July 2011 he joined the U.S. Army, and by 2017 held a rank of sergeant.SGT Taylor Morris armymwr.com References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Ludwig
Johannes Ludwig (born 14 February 1986) is an Olympic gold medal-winning German luger who has competed since 1996. He won a bronze medal in the Team relay event at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Ludwig won the bronze medal in the men's singles luge and the gold in the team relay luge, along with his teammates Natalie Geisenberger, Tobias Wendl, and Tobias Arlt. Then at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, he won the gold medal in the Men's singles race. Career Ludwig's finished 11th in the men's singles event at the 2007 FIL World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria. His best Luge World Cup overall finish was 11th twice ( 2006-7, 2007-8). Ludwig failed to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Ludwig won the bronze medal in the men's singles luge. Ludwig's teammate Felix Loch was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker West
Tucker West (born June 15, 1995) is an American luger who, at the age of 18, was the youngest male ever to qualify to represent the United States in the men's luge at the Olympics. West placed 22nd in the men's single competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Career West attended National Sports Academy High in Lake Placid, New York. Before going away to school he was a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut. When West was a boy, his father designed and built a wood luge track in the backyard of their Ridgefield home. West attends Union College in Schenectady, New York. Before making the ten-member Sochi squad, West was the co-champion of the 2012 U.S luge singles title with Chris Mazdzer, a U.S junior silver medalist, and a silver medalist at the 2011 World Cup in Austria. On December 5, 2014, West won the 2014–15 Luge World Cup men's singles race in Lake Placid. This win made him the first American to be victorious in a men's singles world cup event since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Edney
Samuel "Sam" Edney (born June 29, 1984) is a retired Canadian luger who has competed since 2000. Competing in four Winter Olympics. Career Early start and Olympic debut Edney got into the sport at the age of 14 and began competing at the 2000 Canadian Junior Championship in Calgary. In 2004, Edney would return to Calgary to win second place in doubles at the Junior World Cup Champs. In 2006, he made his Olympic debut in Turin, finishing nineteenth overall. At the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Edney placed seventh. In 2012, Edney was part of the Canadian team that won Bronze at the World Championships. A year later, he would have his best placement, earning Silver at the 2013 World Championships. 2014 Sochi Olympics In 2014, Edney was part of the team that placed fourth in the team relay at the Sochi Winter Olympics. In late 2017, the Russian team that placed seconded was stripped of its medals due to the doping scandal. This temporarily promoted the Canadian team' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andi Langenhan
Andi Langenhan (born 1 October 1984) is a German luger who has been competing since 1995 and has been on the German national team since 2001. He won two bronze medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (2008, 2011). Langenhan qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ... where he finished fifth. References External links * * * * 1984 births Living people People from Suhl German male lugers Sportspeople from Thuringia Olympic lugers for Germany Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Bezirk Suhl {{Germany-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Repilov
Roman Alexandrovich Repilov (russian: Роман Александрович Репилов; born 5 March 1996) is a Russian luger. Competitive career Representing Russia at the 2015–16 Luge World Cup, Repilov placed second in the sprint event in Calgary with a time of 30.279. On 2 December 2016, he came in fifth in the Lake Placid event of the Men's Singles 2016-17 Luge World Cup, but set a new Lake Placid track start record of 6.359 seconds. Then later in the same season he triumphed in the men's singles event at Park City, Utah, came in second twice, in Winterberg, Germany and Sigulda, Latvia and won two men's singles sprint events in Park City and Sigulda. During the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season Repilov triumphed at Lake Placid and in doing so shattered the track record which had just been set first by his teammate Semen Pavlichenko the previous day and then again by the American slider Tucker West in the previous heat of the finals, with a time of 50.875 seconds. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Gleirscher
Nico Gleirscher (born 17 March 1997) is an Austrian luger. Career He started competing for the Austria national team in the various youth categories, finishing second overall in the Youth World Cup in 2013/14 and third in the Junior World Cup in 2014/15. He also won four medals at the , including a silver in singles in Sigulda 2017 and three bronze medals (singles in Lillehammer 2015, team event in Winterberg 2016 and in Sigulda 2017). He also won four medals at the (one silver and three bronze medals). He made his World Cup debut in the 2015/16 season, on 29 November 2015, in Igls, finishing the singles event and in 19th position. He got his first podium on 26 November 2017 in Winterberg in the single sprint, where he finished third, and his first win on 3 January 2021 in Schönau am Königssee, where he won the team race together with Madeleine Egle, Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller. Overall, as his best result, he placed 17th in 2017/18. He is the son of Gerhard and is the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepan Fedorov
Stepan Valeryevich Fedorov (russian: Степан Валерьевич Фёдоров; born 8 May 1987) is a Russian luger who has competed since 1999. He finished twelfth in the men's singles event at a World Cup event in Calgary on 21 November 2009. Career Fedorov's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 26th in the men's singles event at Oberhof in 2008. He also finished 22nd in the same event at the FIL European Luge Championships 2008 in Cesana. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ... where he finished 19th in the men's singles event. At the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Fedorov supported Russia on social media.https://www.instagram.com/stories/direct/2782383560830922272_32232 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Fischnaller
Kevin Fischnaller (born 2 December 1993 in Brixen, Italy) is an Italian luge athlete who has competed in the Luge World Cup for Italy since 2011. During the 2014-15 Luge World Cup he won a bronze at Iglis in the men's spirit event. On 25 November 2017, during the 2017-18 Luge World Cup season, Fischnaller won his first world cup race, taking the gold at Winterberg. He placed ninth in the 2017 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's sprint event. Fischnaller competed for Italy in the Men's singles luge event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He came seventh, while his cousin Dominik came fourth. Personal life Kevin is the cousin of the Italian lugers Dominik Fischnaller and Hans Peter Fischnaller Hans Peter Fischnaller (born 9 July 1985 in Sterzing, Italy) is an Italian luger who has been competing since 2004. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 11th in men's doubles in 2004-05. Fischnaller's best finish at the FIL World Luge Champ .... References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semen Pavlichenko
Semen Aleksandrovich Pavlichenko (russian: Семё́н Алекса́ндрович Павличе́нко; born 11 May 1991) is a Russian luger. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ... World Cup podiums Season titles * 1 titles – (1 singles) Personal life At the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February and early march 2022, Pavlichenko participated in spreading lies and Russian propaganda on social media to justify the illegal war. References External links * 1991 births Living people People from Bratsk Russian male lugers Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Russia Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
