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2020 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's Singles
The Men's singles competition at the 2020 FIL World Luge Championships The 2020 FIL World Luge Championships were held from 14 to 16 February 2020 in Sochi, Russia. Schedule Seven events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+3).'' Medal summary Medal table Medalists References External links * {{DEFA ... was held on 16 February 2020. Results The first run was held at 13:19 and the second run at 15:24. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2020 FIL World Luge Championships - Men's singles Men's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliding Center Sanki
The Sliding Center Sanki (Санки) (a.k.a. the Sanki Sliding Center) is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Sochi. Located in the Western Caucasus. The venue hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events for the 2014 Winter Olympics. History In 2006, it was announced that Russia would construct two new bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks. (23 November 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008) The first track was located near Moscow while the second one would be located in Krasnaya Polyana. Sochi was chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics over Pyeongchang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria on 4 July 2007. By 2009, the location was changed to Rzhanaya Polyana, located not far from Krasnaya Polyana. (21 May 2009 article accessed 29 May 2009.) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inārs Kivlenieks
Inārs Kivlenieks (born 4 July 1986 in Riga) is a Latvian luger who has competed since 2005. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 20th in men's doubles in 2006–07. Kivlenieks' best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 28th in men's singles at Oberhof in 2008. His best finish at the FIL European Luge Championships was 13th in men's singles at Cesana Pariol in 2008. Kivilenieks competed for Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he finished 18th in the men's singles event. In the same event in 2014 he placed 16th and in 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ... he placed 20th. References External links * * * * 1986 births Living people Latvian male lugers Olympic lugers for Latvia Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lugers at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Šimoňák
Jakub Šimoňák (born 5 June 1996) is a Slovak luger. He competed in the men's 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 .... References External links * 1996 births Living people Slovak male lugers Olympic lugers for Slovakia Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Spišská Nová Ves {{Slovakia-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svante Kohala
Svante Kohala (born 9 February 1998) is a Swedish luger who competes internationally. He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics.https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/luge/athlete-profile-n1042375-svante-kohala.htm Beijing His father, Hans, competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro .... References External links * * * 1998 births Living people Swedish male lugers Olympic lugers for Sweden Lugers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Stockholm {{Sweden-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Egger (luger)
Reinhard Egger (born 11 September 1989) is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1999. On 21 November 2009, he finished seventh in the men's singles event at a World Cup event in Calgary. During the 2018–19 Luge World Cup The 2018–19 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 24 November 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria, and finished 24 February 2019 in Sochi, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Rus ... season, Egger finished third in Whistler and third in Lake Placid. References External links * * 1989 births Living people Austrian male lugers Olympic lugers of Austria Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics {{Austria-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Dmitriev (luger)
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dmitriyev (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Дми́триев; born in Leningrad on 19 January 1935), PAU, is a Russian conductor of orchestral and choral music and opera. He has been director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Karel Autonomous Republic, and Principal Conductor of the Maly Academic Opera House in Leningrad. Since 1977 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (), officially the Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich (), is a music society located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and is the name of the building where it is housed. Also there is .... In 2005, he was awarded the Order of Honour for Merit in the field of Culture and Art by Vladimir Putin. References * Classica.fm Saint PetersburgInterview with Alexander Dmitriyev * Saint Petersburg EncyclopediaShostakovich Philharmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateusz Sochowicz
Mateusz Sochowicz (born 28 February 1996) is a Polish luger. He competed in the men's singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Sochowicz made his Olympic debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In early November 2021, he sustained injuries while training near Beijing in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij .... Having been given the green light, he began his training run but encountered a closed gate and found that jumping over it, as he initially hoped, would not be possible. However, he was able to somewhat reduce the impact of the crash, resulting in a fractured left kneecap and his right leg being cut to the bone. After the incident, the International Luge Federation added more safety measur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Langenhan
Max Langenhan (born 21 February 1999) is a German luger who competes for the BRC 05 Friedrichroda club and German national team. He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Youth and Junior career Max Langenhan was successful at national level at early years of his career and made his international debut in January 2015 in the Youth A World Cup. In his debut race in Oberhof, he took second place just behind his compatriot German luger Lucas Geyer. In the next two races of the season, he secured third and second place in Igls and Winterberg, respectively. In just three races he finished seventh overall. In that season, he finished seventh overall after only three races. In 2015/16 season, Langenhan advanced to the Junior World Cup. After a fall at the start of the season in Lillehammer, he finished third place behind Daniil Lebedev and Jonas Müller on the Sigulda track. He didn't finish on the podium again in the rest of the season, although he never fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Crețu (luger)
Valentin Creţu (born 9 September 1989) is a Romanian luger who has competed since 2000. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 27th in the men's singles event at Altenberg in 2012. Cretu 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 Gretz ... where he finished 31st in the men's singles event. References FIL-Luge profile External links * 1989 births Living people Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers of Romania Romanian male lugers {{Romania-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Mazdzer
Christopher Mazdzer (; born June 26, 1988) is an American luger. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 13th on both occasions. At the 2018 Winter Olympics Mazdzer won the silver medal in the Men's Single Luge, becoming the first U.S. men's singles luge medalist and the first and only non-European to win a medal in that event. Career On December 4, 2015, Mazdzer won the 2015–16 Luge World Cup Men's singles event at Lake Placid in the first-ever one-two finish for the United States in a men's singles luge World Cup event, with the 2014–15 winner and track record holder, Tucker West, coming in second. Until his 2015 win, Mazdzer's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was sixth in the singles at Whistler, British Columbia, in 2013. His best World Cup season finish was 13th in 2012–13. In December 2014, he won the men's singles event in the luge sprint in the second ever to be held and to be compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Gustafson
Jonathan "Jonny" Gustafson (born March 5, 1997) is an American luger who competes internationally. He represented his country in the men's singles event at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ... where placed 19th.https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/luge/athlete-profile-n1044539-jonathan-gustafson.htm Beijing References External links * * * * 1997 births Living people American male lugers Olympic lugers for the United States Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Lake Placid, New York 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
