Johannes Ludwig (born 14 February 1986) is an Olympic gold medal-winning German

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r who has competed since 1996. He won a bronze medal in the Team relay event at the

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. At the

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, 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

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, Austria. His best

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overall finish was 11th twice ( 2006-7, 2007-8). Ludwig failed to qualify 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 ...

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and 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 ...

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, South Korea, Ludwig won the bronze medal in the men's singles luge. Ludwig's teammate

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 ...

was the defending champion and favourite to win. He was in the lead until his final run, when he made a mistake, finishing in fifth place. Lugwig was also one of the gold-medal winners in the team relay luge, along with his teammates

Natalie Geisenberger Natalie Geisenberger (; born 5 February 1988) is a German luger. Widely regarded as one of the greatest lugers of all time, she is a nine-time World champion and six-time Olympic champion. Career She became Olympic Champion in the women's single ...

Tobias Wendl 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 Eu ...

, and

Tobias Arlt Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1991, acting as a backdriver. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the 2010 FIL European Lug ...

. Ludwig said, "The whole story is very special for me; I was fighting, fighting, fighting, and now I made it and get two medals". Ludwig won his second gold medal at the Olympics by winning the Men's singles event at the

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Luge results

World Cup

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ludwig, Johannes 1986 births German male lugers Living people Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Suhl Sportspeople from Thuringia