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2021 FIL World Luge Championships – Team Relay
The Team relay competition at the 2021 FIL World Luge Championships The 2021 FIL World Luge Championships, 50th FIL World Luge Championships were held from 29 to 31 January 2021 in Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, Königssee, Germany. They were originally awarded to Canada, but were moved because o ... was held on 31 January 2021. Results The race was started at 13:30. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2021 FIL World Luge Championships - Team relay Team relay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königssee Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue in Germany for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton (sport), skeleton, located in Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria, near Königssee (German for "King's Lake") and the border with Austria. Completed in 1968, it is the first permanent, artificially refrigeration, refrigerated bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in the world. In July 2021, the track was severely damaged by the 2021 European floods, floods that affected the European continent, and is currently under reconstruction. History In 1967, Königssee hosted the FIL European Luge Championships 1967, European luge championships on a naturally refrigerated track.FIL European Luge Championships men's singles results since 1914 Later that year, it was decided to construct a permanent, reinfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Britcher
Summer Britcher (born March 21, 1994) is an American luger who earned a place on the Olympic team to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics . She was the youngest woman on the U.S. Olympic Luge team in Sochi. Career Britcher is the daughter of Carrie Britcher and Baltimore City Fire Department Battalion Chief William Britcher. She first became involved in luge at age 11, when she spoke to Gordy Sheer of USA Luge at a promotional/scouting event called the Luge Challenge at the Ski Liberty in Pennsylvania. Sheer suggested she go to Lake Placid for a try-out. Britcher later moved to Lake Placid to train. Britcher attended Susquehannock High School in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania Glen Rock is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,123 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area. History In 1826, William Heathcote, the town's founder and a native of Cheshire, ..., where she played on the soccer and tennis teams. She graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Stetskiv
Olena Andriivna Stetskiv (, born 15 June 1994) is a Ukrainian luger. She participated at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Stetskiv competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where she was 9th in the singles competition and 7th in the team relay (together with Dukach, Buryy, and Lehedza). Next season she debuted in World Cup competitions. As of February 2022, Stetskiv's best Luge World Cup finish was 12th during the 2018–19 in Altenberg, Germany. Stetskiv competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. In the women's singles, she placed 26th. She represented Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She finished 28th in women's singles. In 2022, Olena Stetskiv was nominated for her third Winter Games in Beijing. Personal life Stetskiv graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture Lviv State University of Physical Culture () is a university specializing in sports education located in Lviv, Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Antonov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Antonov (; born 21 September 1991) is a Russian luger. Antonov, together with Alexander Denisyev, participated in the doubles and in team relay competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Denisyev and Antonov placed fifth in the doubles, and, together with Tatiana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko they won the silver medal in the team relay. Antonov was later stripped of that medal by the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ..., after Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova were banned for doping violations on 22 December 2017, and the results of the Russian team were annulled. On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal. He and Alexander Denisyev became the first Russians in po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Denisev
Alexander Vladimirovich Denisyev (, born 29 July 1991) is a Russian luger. Denisyev, together with Vladislav Antonov, participated in the doubles and team relay competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Denisyev and Antonov came fifth in the doubles, and, together with Tatiana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko, they won the silver medal in the team relay. Denisyev was later stripped of that medal by the International Olympic Committee, after Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova were banned for doping violations on 22 December 2017, and the results of the Russian team were annulled. On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of a successful appeal. He and Vladislav Antonov Vladislav Nikolayevich Antonov (; born 21 September 1991) is a Russian luger. Antonov, together with Alexander Denisyev, participated in the doubles and in team relay competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Denisyev and Antonov placed fifth i ... became the first Russians in post-Soviet era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Repilov
Roman Alexandrovich Repilov (; 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. 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 again by the American slider Tucker West in the previous heat of the finals, with a time of 50.875 seconds. Repilov was joined on the podium by Pavlichenko, who took the silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Ivanova
Tatiana Ivanovna Ivanova (; 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 and 2020. Ivanova debuted in the World Cup in the 2008–09 season, finishing 17th. Career She competed at her first Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished fourth. The same year Ivanova won the European Championships in Sigulda. Two years later the Russian finished second in the World Championships in Altenberg and successfully defended her title at the European Championships in Paramonovo. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, originally Ivanova, together with Albert Demchenko, Alexander Denisyev, and Vladislav Antonov won the silver medal in the team relay. In December 2017, she was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Rastner
Patrick Rastner (born 30 June 1993) is an Italian luger who competed in the men's double event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as a pair with Ludwig Rieder. The duo placed seventh. Personal life Rastner was born on 30 June 1993 in Brixen, Brixen (Bressanone), Bolzano-Bozen, Italy. Luge career In 2011 he won a gold medal with Ludwig Rieder at the under-23 World Championships in Cesana, Italy. Rastner represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi, Russia. Competing in the Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Doubles, men's doubles luge event alongside Rieder, he finished seventh overall. The pair were eighth after the first run but improved their position after finishing fifth fastest in the second run. In the Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Doubles, open double luge event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, PyeongChang, Rastner and Rieder placed 15th. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rastner, Patrick Italian male luger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Rieder
Ludwig Rieder (born 19 June 1991) is an Italian luger. Rieder was born in Brixen, Italy, and competed in the Men's double luge event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as a pair with Patrick Rastner. The duo finished in seventh place. In the open double luge event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seo ..., Rieder and Rastner placed 15th. References External links * Italian male lugers Living people Sportspeople from Brixen Lugers from South Tyrol Italian lugers Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Italy 1991 births 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Andrea Vötter
Andrea Vötter (born 3 April 1995) is an Italian luger. Career Vötter competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Italy. In the Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's singles, Women's singles she placed 19th. Vötter's best Luge World Cup overall finish is 7th in 2018–19 Luge World Cup, 2018–19. At the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships, 2024 FIL World Luge Championships, World Championships at Altenberg, Saxony, Altenberg, Germnay, she along with partner Marion Oberhofer became the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships – Women's doubles' sprint, Doubles' sprint champion. References External links * 1995 births Living people Italian female lugers Italian lugers Lugers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Italy Sportspeople from Brixen Lugers from South Tyrol 21st-century Italian sportswomen Italian people of Austrian descent {{Italy-lug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
