Luge

2021 FIL World Luge Championships

2021 FIL World Luge Championships, the 50th anniversary edition, relocated from Whistler, Canada to Königssee, Germany, held January 29-31, 2021 without spectators; champions Taubitz, Repilov, Eggert/Benecken, Austria relay.

Andreas Linger

Andreas Linger (born 1981, Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian luger who with brother Wolfgang won Olympic doubles gold at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, silver at Sochi 2014, three world titles, and the 2011/12 World Cup.

Andris Šics

Andris Šics (born 1985 in Sigulda, Latvia) is a Latvian former luger who won three Olympic medals in doubles luge with his brother Juris, then joined the International Luge Federation.

Anna Berreiter

Anna Berreiter (born 1999, Berchtesgaden) is a German artificial-track luger, Olympic silver medalist in women's singles at Beijing 2022 and double world champion (singles and team relay) at Oberhof 2023; sixth at Milan-Cortina 2026.

Anna Maria Muller

Anna-Maria Müller (1949-2009), East German luger, 1972 Sapporo Olympic gold medalist in women's singles; disqualified from second place at 1968 Grenoble in the heated-runners scandal; later a pharmacist in Berlin.

Armin Zöggeler

Armin Zöggeler (Il Cannibale), Italian luger born 1974 in Merano, won Olympic medals at six straight Games 1994–2014 (two golds), six world titles, and a record 57 World Cup races; now Italy's luge technical director and FIL vice president.

Bernhard Glass

Bernhard Glass (born 1957, Stapelburg), East German luger, 1980 Lake Placid Olympic champion in men's singles (2:54.796); 1979 European bronze; later German and Canadian national luge coach.

Brooke Apshkrum

Brooke Apshkrum, Canadian luger from Calgary, won women's singles gold at the 2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games, Canada's first gold there, and placed 13th in singles at PyeongChang 2018; later a Whistler development coach.

Chris Mazdzer

Chris Mazdzer, born 1988 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is an American luger who won men's singles silver at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, a first for American and non-European men.

Corrado Hérin

Corrado Hérin (1966–2019), Italian natural track luge doubles world champion (1986, 1992, with Almir Bétemps) and the only Italian to win the mountain bike downhill World Cup (1997); died in an ultralight crash near Torgnon, Valle d'Aosta.

Dajana Eitberger

Dajana Eitberger, German luger (born 1991, Ilmenau): Olympic silver in singles at PyeongChang 2018, then women's doubles silver and team relay gold with Magdalena Matschina at Milano Cortina 2026; 2023 sprint world champion.

David Gleirscher

David Gleirscher, Austrian artificial-track luge athlete (born 1994, Hall in Tirol), policeman; won surprise 2018 PyeongChang men's singles gold in 3:10.702, first Austrian in the event in 50 years, plus 2018 team relay bronze and four World Championship medals.

Diana Loginova

Diana Loginova names two Russians: a luger (Диана Валерьевна Логинова, born 2003) who won bronze and gold at the 2020 Youth Olympics, and the Stoptime singer Naoko jailed in 2025 and exiled in 2026.

Doris Neuner

Doris Neuner, Austrian luger born 1971 in Innsbruck, won the 1992 Albertville Olympic women's singles luge gold, 0.073 seconds ahead of her sister Angelika; five-time Austrian champion, retired 1995.

Emanuel Rieder

Emanuel Rieder, Italian luger (born 1993, Bressanone), doubles with Simon Kainzwaldner; Olympic gold in men's doubles and bronze in team relay at Milano Cortina 2026, after singles at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018.

Emily Sweeney (luger)

Emily Sweeney (Emily Carolyn Sweeney-Fischnaller, now Emily Fischnaller), born 1993, American luger; three-time Olympian (2018 DNF after crash, 2022 26th, 2026 12th), world singles bronze 2019 and 2025, Army WCAP athlete.

Erika Lechner

Erika Lechner, also listed as Erica Lechner, Italian luger born 1947 in Maranza, South Tyrol; first Italian woman to win Winter Olympic gold, taking the 1968 Grenoble women's singles luge title after East German disqualifications for heated runners.

Erin Hamlin

Erin Hamlin (Erin Mullady Hamlin-Hodges, born 1986) is an American luger from Remsen, New York, who competed in four Winter Olympics and won bronze in women's singles at Sochi 2014, the first U.S. Olympic singles luge medal.

European Luge Championships

The European Luge Championships are the continental luge championships of Europe, organized by the International Luge Federation. Held since 1914 and annual since 2012, they run as a race-in-race event inside a Luge World Cup weekend.

Felix Loch

Felix Loch, German luger (Rennrodler) born 1989 in Sonneberg, three-time Olympic champion in men's singles (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014) and team relay, youngest ever luge World Champion.

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships, since 2025 the FIL Alpine Luge European Championships: continental natural-track luge titles first held 1970 in Kapfenberg; 31st edition Laas 2026; Italy leads the medal table.

FIL Junior and Youth Luge Championships

The FIL Junior World Championships are the International Luge Federation's title events for junior lugers on artificial tracks, first held in Lake Placid in 1982.

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, now Alpine Luge World Championships: world titles in natural track luge since 1979 at Inzing; 25th edition 2025 in Kühtai, Austria; never an Olympic event.

Franz Wembacher

Franz Wembacher (born 1958, Bischofswiesen) is a West German luger who won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic men's doubles gold with Hans Stanggassinger, West Germany's first Olympic luge title, plus World and European medals.

Georg Hackl

Georg Hackl, "Hackl Schorsch" (born 1966, Berchtesgaden), German luger; Olympic gold 1992, 1994, 1998 and silver 1988, 2002 in men's singles; first Olympian to medal in one individual event at five straight Games; later German and Austrian coach.

Gerda Weissensteiner

Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot born 1969 in Bolzano; Olympic luge gold at Lillehammer 1994 and bobsleigh bronze at Turin 2006, the only Italian with Olympic medals in two winter disciplines.

Gints Berzins

Gints Bērziņš (Gints Berzins), born 2002 in Sigulda, is a Latvian luger: 2020 Youth Olympic boys' singles gold medalist, 7th at Beijing 2022 and 10th at Milan-Cortina 2026, and 2025 U23 world champion.

Hans Rinn

Hans Rinn (born 1953, Langewiesen) is an East German former luger, two-time Olympic doubles champion with Norbert Hahn (1976, 1980), 1976 singles bronze, four-time world and seven-time European champion, FIL Hall of Fame 2005.

Hans Stanggassinger

Hans Stanggassinger (born 1960, Berchtesgaden) is a German former luger for West Germany; with Franz Wembacher he won men's doubles gold at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, plus World and European medals, and later worked as a park ranger.