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2022–23 Luge World Cup
The 2022–23 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 4 December 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria, and concluded on 26 February 2023 in Winterberg Winterberg (; Westphalian: ''Winnenmerg'') is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany and a major winter sport resort of the Wintersport Arena Sauerland. Geography Winterberg is located in the middle ..., Germany. Calendar Results Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles Team relay Standings Men's singles Overall *Final standings after 12 events Men's singles *Final standings after 9 events Men's singles Sprint *Final standings after 3 events *(*Champions 2022) Women's singles Overall *Final standings after 12 events *(*Champion 2022) Women's singles *Final standings after 9 events *(*Champion 2022) Women's singles Sprint *Final standings a ... [...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] |
Whistler Sliding Centre
The Whistler Sliding Centre () is a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, that is north of Vancouver. The centre is part of the Whistler Blackcomb resort, which comprises two ski mountains separated by Fitzsimmons Creek. Located on the lowermost slope of the northern mountain (Blackcomb Mountain), Whistler Sliding Centre hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Design work started in late 2004 with construction taking place from June 2005 to December 2007. Bobsledders Pierre Lueders and Justin Kripps of Canada took the first run on the track on 19 December 2007. Certification took place in March 2008 with over 200 runs from six different start houses (the place where the sleds start their runs), and was approved both by the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL). Training runs took place in late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristers Aparjods
Kristers Aparjods (born 24 February 1998) is a Latvian luger. He started competing in luge in 2006. Career He took the gold medal in the singles event in the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, where he was also selected as the flag bearer for the Latvians in the opening ceremony. He was also part of the Latvian team which won the team relay at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Lillehammer, and went on to take a silver in the singles at the 2016 Junior World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, and a gold in the singles on home ice at the 2017 Junior Worlds at Sigulda. He competed 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 ..., finishing 11th in the men's singles event and sixth in the team relay. At the 2024 FIL World Luge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gleirscher
David Gleirscher (born 23 July 1994) is an Austrian luger. He competed for Austria in the 2015–16 Luge World Cup in the men's singles and finished tenth in the points standings. In men's luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics he became a surprise champion after the favorite, Felix Loch, made a mistake in the last run and dropped out of the medals. Before the Olympic win, Gleirscher did not have a single World Cup podium appearance. Family David Gleirscher's father, Gerhard, is a retired luger who won three world championship medals, including both gold in the team event and a bronze in the men's single event in 1997. His father also competed in three Winter Olympics, finish seventh in each Olympics (Singles: 1994, 1998; Doubles: 1992). His younger brother Nico Gleirscher is also a luger competing for Austria. Nico placed third in the sprint event at Winterberg Winterberg (; Westphalian: ''Winnenmerg'') is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Müller (luger)
Jonas Müller (born 4 October 1997) is an Austrian luger. He participated at the 2019 FIL World Luge Championships, winning the gold medal in the sprint. On 24 November 2019 Muller won the opening men's luge singles event of the FIL 2019-20 Luge World Cup season in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the .... The next week in the next luge world cup event at Lake Placid Muller again took first place in the men's singles event and remained the World Cup leader. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Jonas 1997 births Living people Austrian male lugers People from Bludenz Sportspeople from Vorarlberg 21st-century Austrian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Kindl
Wolfgang Kindl (born 18 April 1988) is an Austrian world champion luger who has competed since 2007. Competitive career At the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, he won silver medals in the men's singles and mixed team events. At the 5 December 2014 men's singles event in Lake Placid, New York, Kindl placed second, behind American Tucker West, with Dominik Fischnaller of Italy coming in third. Kindl finished the 2014-15 Luge World Cup third overall in the men's singles discipline. During the following 2015-16 Luge World Cup season, Kinda finished 2nd in the men's singles category. behind Felix Loch of Germany. In the 2016–17 Luge World Cup campaign Kindl finished third behind respectively, the repeating world champion, Felix Loch, and Roman Repilov of Russia. The next year was Kindl's best Luge World Cup season finish so far as he finished as the champion in men's spring singles event for the 2017–18 and also placed second in the men's singles event standi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Gleirscher
Nico Gleirscher (born 17 March 1997) is an Austrian luger. Career He started competing for the Austria national team in the various youth categories, finishing second overall in the Youth World Cup in 2013/14 and third in the Junior World Cup in 2014/15. He also won four medals at the , including a silver in singles in Sigulda 2017 and three bronze medals (singles in Lillehammer 2015, team event in Winterberg 2016 and in Sigulda 2017). He also won four medals at the (one silver and three bronze medals). He made his World Cup debut in the 2015/16 season, on 29 November 2015, in Igls, finishing the singles event in 19th position. He got his first podium on 26 November 2017 in Winterberg in the single sprint, where he finished third, and his first win on 3 January 2021 in Schönau am Königssee, where he won the team race together with Madeleine Egle, Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller. Overall, as his best result, he placed 17th in 2017/18. He is the son of Gerhard and the younger br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenberg Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue in Germany for bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton. Located in Saxony in eastern Germany, it is northwest of Altenberg, Saxony, Altenberg, near the border with the Czech Republic. History Altenberg raced bobsleigh as early as 1908 on a natural track going downhill. By the late 1970s, the East Germany, East Germans were already successful in luge, and had increasing success in bobsleigh. This included a total of six Winter Olympic medals Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics, in bobsleigh in Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976 and Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics, 1980, along with five FIBT World Championships, world bobsleigh championship medals between FIBT World Championships 1977, 1977 and FIBT World Championships 1979, 1979.Bobsleigh t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 FIL World Luge Championships
The 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was the 51st edition and held from 27 to 29 January 2023 at the Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Oberhof, Germany. Schedule Nine events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1 +01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time * West Africa Time * Western European Summer Time **Brit ...).'' Medal summary Medalists References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:2023 FIL World Luge Championships 2023 FIL World Luge Championships, FIL World Luge Championships 2023 in luge, World Championships 2023 in German sport, FIL International luge competitions hosted by Germany January 2023 sports events in Germany, FIL Sport in Oberhof, Germany, 2023 FIL World Luge Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberhof Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track (sponsored name since 2020: LOTTO Thüringen Eisarena Oberhof) is a venue used for bobsled, luge and skeleton located in Oberhof, Germany. History Oberhof had been the home of sledding activities since 1905, mostly bobsleigh. In 1931, the facility hosted the first ever FIBT World Championships in the two-man bobsleigh event won by the two-man German team of Hanns Killian and Sebastian Huber. After World War II, Oberhof was partitioned into East Germany. Following the successes of the East Germans at the FIL World Luge Championships during the 1960s with Thomas Köhler (men's singles world champion in 1962 and 1967, men's doubles world champion in 1965 and 1967), Ilse Geisler (women's singles world champion in 1962 and 1963), Ortrun Enderlein (women's singles world champion in 1965 and 1967), Petra Tierlich (women's singles world champion in 1969, Wolfgang Scheidel (men's doubles world champion in 1965), and Klaus Bonsack (men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 FIL European Luge Championships
The 2023 FIL European Luge Championships were held from 14 to 15 January 2023 in Sigulda, Latvia. Schedule Five events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' Medal summary Medal table Medalists References {{European championships in 2023 FIL European Luge Championships European Championships 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 ... International luge competitions hosted by Latvia Sport in Sigulda FIL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
