2012–13 Luge World Cup
The 2012–13 Luge World Cup was a multi race series over a season for luge. The season started on 24 November 2012 in Igls, Austria and ended on 24 February 2013 in Sochi, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders .... The World Cup was organised by the FIL and sponsored by Viessmann. Calendar Below is the schedule for the 2012/13 season. Results Men's singles Doubles Women's singles Team relay Standings Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Team relay See also * FIL World Luge Championships 2013 References {{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13 Luge World Cup Luge World Cup 2012 in luge 2013 in luge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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, including twelve golds (Men's singles: FIL World Luge Championships 2008, 2008, FIL World Luge Championships 2009, 2009, FIL World Luge Championships 2012, 2012, FIL World Luge Championships 2013, 2013, 2015 FIL World Luge Championships, 2015, 2016 FIL World Luge Championships, 2016; Men's sprint 2016 FIL World Luge Championships, 2016: Mixed team event: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) and two silvers (Men's singles: FIL World Luge Championships 2011, 2011, 2015 FIL World Luge Championships, 2015). Loch's men's singles win in 2008 made him the youngest FIL World Luge Championships, 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 FIL European Luge C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Winterberg Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton track located in Winterberg, Germany. It is the only track of its kind in the world with a turn that has sponsor (commercial), corporate sponsorship with turn seven being sponsored by Veltins, a Germany, German brewery which has its headquarters located in neighboring Meschede. History Completed in 1977, the track underwent a redesign of its start house area where the women's luge start house was moved from before turn four to near the men's luge start house prior to turn one in 2006. (14 September 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.) This was done under the auspices of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL) and included a completely covered sled storage area, new changing rooms, and facilities for coaches and officials. (23 November 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.) The women's singles luge start hou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andreas Linger
Andreas Linger (born 31 May 1981 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who 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 14. Linger has won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds (Men's doubles: 2003, 2011 and 2012) and two bronzes (Mixed team: 2003 and men's doubles: 2013). He also earned seven medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold (Men's doubles: 2010), three silvers (Men's doubles: 2008, Mixed team: 2008, 2010), and three bronzes (Men's doubles: 2004 and 2014, Mixed team: 2004). The Lingers were overall Luge World Cup men's doubles champions in 2011-12 and scored 15 World Cup race victories. They were two time Olympic champions in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They won in 2006 despite Wolfgang having broken his ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 doubles competition and a bronze in the team relay. They were also gold medallists in the doubles at the 2012 European Luge Championships in Paramonovo. In addition the pair took six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships: four in the doubles and two in mixed team competitions. He won two medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2007. He also finished fifth in the men's doubles event at the 2008 championships in Oberhof, Germany. Fischler also finished sixth in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy. In August 2018 Penz and Fischler announced their retirement from competition. He confirmed that he would remain in the spo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 doubles competition and a bronze in the team relay. They were also gold medallists in the doubles at the 2012 European Luge Championships in Paramonovo. In addition, the pair took six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships: four in the doubles and two in mixed team competitions. He won two medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2007. In the men's doubles event, he finished fifth at the 2008 championships in Oberhof, Germany and sixth at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy. In August 2018 Penz and Fischler announced their retirement from competition, in part due to Penz suffering from back pain. He confirmed that he would remain in the sport as a coach with the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sascha Benecken
Sascha Benecken (born 14 February 1990) is a German luger who has competed since 1999. With his doubles partner 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 position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either ... he has been world champion ten times and won the overall World Cup six times. Early life His father was part of East Germany's junior national team in the Nordic Skiing. As a result, he took part in a play and sports group as early as kindergarten, from which he then switched to handball and in 1999, after a sighting in physical education, to luge. In February 2003, Sascha Benecken moved to the sports high school in Oberhof and to the boarding school there. In June 2009 he passed his Abitur and successfully applied to the federal police, where he completed his training in the middle police enforcement servi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...r who has competed since 2008. With his doubles partner Sascha Benecken, he has been world champion ten times and won the overall World Cup six times. Career Toni Eggert is a sports soldier in the sports promotion group Oberhof and starts for the BRC Ilsenburg. He has been luging since 2000. He has competed in doubles with Marcel Oster since 2003. Both were already successful as juniors. They won twice in doubles, in 2007 in Cesana Pariol and in 2008 in Lake Placid, the Junior World Championships. They also won a title (2007) and a second place (2008) in the team competition. They also achieved great success in the Junior World Cup. In the 2005/06 season they finished third in the ov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Mair (artificial Track Luger)
David Mair (born 21 August 1984 in Sterzing) is an Italian artificial track luger who has competed since 2003. Mair's best finish at the FIL European Luge Championships was 12th in the men's singles event at Winterberg in FIL European Luge Championships 2006, 2006. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was ninth in the men's singles event at Lake Placid, New York, in FIL World Luge Championships 2009, 2009. Mair qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics where he finished 17th. References FIL-Luge profile(Note: all results until 2002 belongs to the natural track luger of the David Mair (natural track luger and skeleton racer), same name) External links * * * 1984 births Living people Italian male lugers Olympic lugers for Italy Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Italian lugers Sportspeople from Sterzing Lugers from South Tyrol Lugers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dominik Fischnaller
Dominik Fischnaller (born 20 February 1993) is an Italian luger who has competed since 2002. He has won silver and two bronze medals at Junior World Championships. Fischnaller won the Junior Luge World Cup for the 2010–11 season. His best Luge World Cup overall finish was third 2013–14 Luge World Cup. Fischnaller is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri. Biography Fischnaller competed for Italy in the Men's singles luge event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He placed sixth behind the bronze medal effort of teammate Armin Zöggeler. Fischnaller also competed for Italy in the Men's singles luge event at the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ... in Pyeongchang. He came fourth while his cousin Kevin came seventh. Personal life Dom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Armin Zöggeler
Armin Zöggeler OMRI (born 4 January 1974) is a retired Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed ''Il Cannibale'' ("The Cannibal"), for his notable series of victories, or ''The Iceblood Champion'', for his always cold, rational approach to the races. Fellow luger Tucker West described Zöggeler as the sport's equivalent of Michael Jordan. At the Winter Olympic Games, Zöggeler has won six medals in six consecutive Olympics – and this is a record in sport. He also has sixteen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships. At the FIL European Luge Championships, Zöggeler has earned eighteen medals. In June 2019 he was inducted in the FIL ''Hall of Fame''. Personal life Zöggeler was born in Meran, South Tyrol, into a farming family. A Carabiniere by profession, he began to luge at a very young age, over natural tracks. He won the junior World Cup when he was 14, and made his debut with the Italian national team at ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Demtschenko
Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (; 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 Demchenko is also a luger. Career A seven-time Winter Olympian, he won his first medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a silver in the men's singles event. He competed in his sixth Olympics at the 2010 Winter Olympics, coming fourth. He then competed in his seventh Olympics in Sochi 2014 in his native Russia, winning a further two silver medals. Demchenko also won eight medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 2006, 2010; Mixed team: 2012, 2014), two silvers (Men's singles: 1996, 2008), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996; Mixed team: 2013). He was the overall Luge World Cup champion in men's singles in 2004–05. In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ... where he finished fifth. References External links * * * * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Suhl Lugers from Thuringia German male lugers Olympic lugers for Germany Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bezirk Suhl 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |