The FIL World Luge Championships 2012 was held on February 10–12, 2012, under the auspices of the

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at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in

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for the second time after having hosted the

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. The facility was chosen at the 56th FIL Congress in

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on June 28, 2008 (29 April 2008 article accessed 1 May 2008.) (28 June 2008 article accessed 29 June 2008.)

Medalists

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Andreas Linger Andreas Linger (born 31 May 1981, in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian retired luger who has competed internationally since 2000. He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age, and did their first doubles run when they were ...

Wolfgang Linger Wolfgang Linger (born 4 November 1982 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian retired luger who has competed internationally since 2000. As young children, he and his older brother Andreas learned to luge on a former Olympic l ...

Toni Eggert Toni Eggert (born 12 May 1988) is a German luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shou ...

Sascha Benecken Sascha Benecken (born 14 February 1990) is a German luger who has competed since 1999. With his doubles partner Toni Eggert he has been world champion ten times and won the overall World Cup six times. Early life His father was part of East ...

Peter Penz Peter Penz (born 5 April 1984 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed between 2003 and 2018. He and doubles partner Georg Fischler took two medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang: a silver in the ...

Georg Fischler Georg Fischler (born 3 July 1985 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed between 2003 and 2018. He and doubles partner Peter Penz took two medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang: a silver in the ...

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Tatjana Hüfner Tatjana Hüfner (born 30 April 1983) is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003. Career She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. ...

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 ...

Tatiana Ivanova Tatiana Ivanovna Ivanova (russian: Татьяна Ивановна Иванова; born 16 February 1991) is a Russian luger who has competed since 2000. She won the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships in 2010, 2012, 2018 ...

Albert Demtschenko Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (russian: Альберт Михайлович Демченко; born 27 November 1971) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014. He is currently coaching the Russian luge team. His daughter Victoria Demche ...

Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladislav Gennadyevich Yuzhakov (russian: Владисла́в Генна́дьевич Южако́в; born 25 January 1986) is a Russian luger who has competed since 1995. His best Luge World Cup finish was 15th in men's doubles in 2007–08 ...

Vladimir Makhnutin Vladimir Vladimirovich Makhnutin (russian: Владимир Владимирович Махнутин; born 28 October 1987 in Chusovoy, Perm Krai), or Vladimir Machnutin, is a Russian luger who has competed since 1997. His best Luge Wor ...

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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 20 ...

Tristan Walker Tristan Walker (born May 16, 1991, in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2008. He has three Luge World Cup doubles podium finishes and was 8th in men's doubles at Cesana in the 2011 World Championships. Walk ...

Justin Snith Justin Snith (born December 8, 1991 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2008. He has three Luge World Cup doubles podium finishes. Snith qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , ath ...

Medal table

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Team relay

Finalists

Both tracks submitted their proposals prior to the end of the bidding deadline. Altenberg was chosen following Whistler withdrawing their bid.

References

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