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Natural track luge World Cup
The Natural track luge World Cup is the International Luge Federation's season-long race series on iced natural tracks, awarding overall titles in singles, doubles, and team events.
Nodar Kumaritashvili (ნოდარ კუმარიტაშვილი)
Nodar Kumaritashvili (ნოდარ კუმარიტაშვილი), Georgian luger, born 1988 Borjomi, died 12 February 2010 in a training crash at the Vancouver Olympics Whistler track at about 144 km/h, striking an unpadded steel pole.
Norbert Hahn
Norbert Hahn (born 1954, Elbingerode) is a German luger who won Olympic doubles gold with Hans Rinn at Innsbruck 1976 and Lake Placid 1980, plus world and European titles, then coached German luge nationally.
Ortrun Enderlein
Ortrun Enderlein (Ortrun Enderlein-Zöphel, born 1943), East German luger, first Olympic women's singles luge champion at Innsbruck 1964 and world champion 1965 and 1967; disqualified while leading at Grenoble 1968 for heated runners.
Patric Leitner
Patric Leitner (Patric-Fritz Leitner, born 1977), German luger; with Alexander Resch won 2002 Olympic doubles gold, four world titles, 34 World Cup wins; German national head coach since 2024.
Patrick Pigneter
Patrick Pigneter (born 1987) is a retired Italian natural track luger from Vols am Schlern, South Tyrol; multiple overall World Cup winner in singles and doubles with Florian Clara, world and European champion, retired February 2025.
Paul Hildgartner
Paul-Peter Hildgartner (born 1952, Chienes, Italy), Italian luger; Olympic doubles gold 1972 with Walter Plaikner, singles silver 1980, singles gold 1984; 1978 world champion; FIL Hall of Fame 2004.
Pavel Repilov
Pavel Repilov (Павел Александрович Репилов), Russian singles luger born 2002 in Dmitrov, brother of Roman Repilov; 2020 Youth Olympic silver and relay gold, 14th in men's singles at the 2026 Olympics as a neutral athlete.
Reinhard Bredow
Reinhard Bredow (born 1947, Ilsenburg) is a German former luger for East Germany who won 1972 Sapporo Olympic doubles gold with Horst Hörnlein, tied with Hildgartner/Plaikner, plus 1973 world and 1970, 1972 European titles.
Silke Kraushaar
Silke Kraushaar(-Pielach), German luger born 1970 in Sonneberg; 1998 Nagano Olympic champion in women's singles by 0.002 seconds, with bronze 2002 and silver 2006, five overall World Cup titles.
Simon Kainzwaldner
Simon Kainzwaldner (born 1994, Bolzano) is an Italian doubles luger. Racing with Emanuel Rieder since 2018, he won men's doubles gold and team relay bronze at Cortina 2026, after 2012 Youth Olympic gold with Florian Gruber.
Stefan Krauße
Stefan Krauße (born 1967, Ilmenau), German doubles luger with Jan Behrendt; Olympic gold 1992 and 1998, silver 1988, bronze 1994; four world titles; distinct from namesakes Stefan Krauß and Stefan Krause.
Steffi Walter Martin
Steffi Walter Martin (Steffi Martin-Walter), East German luger, 1962-2017; won Olympic women's singles luge gold at Sarajevo 1984 and Calgary 1988, first woman to retain the luge title, plus World titles 1983 and 1985.
Summer Britcher
Summer Britcher (born 1994, Baltimore) is an American luger, four-time Winter Olympian (2014, 2018, 2022, 2026) and 2012 Youth Olympic team relay gold medalist, with a USA Luge-record seven World Cup singles wins.
Susi Erdmann
Susi Erdmann (Susi-Lisa Erdmann, born 1968) is a German luger turned bobsledder, nine-time world champion and three-time Olympic medalist (silver 1994, bronze 1992 luge, bronze 2002 bob), retired 2007.
Sylke Otto
Sylke Otto, German luger born 1969 in Chemnitz (Karl-Marx-Stadt), won Olympic women's singles gold at Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin 2006, four world titles, four overall World Cups, and a record 37 World Cup races.
Thomas Kohler
Thomas Köhler (born 1940, Zwickau) is an East German former luger, the first to win Olympic gold in both singles (1964) and doubles (1968 with Bonsack), later DTSB vice president and 2010 doping confessor.
Tobias Arlt
Tobias Arlt (born 1987, Berchtesgaden), German doubles luger with Tobias Wendl; seven Olympic golds (doubles and team relay, 2014-2026) plus one bronze, seven world titles, seven overall World Cup wins.
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Wendl (born 1987, Aachen) is a German doubles luger racing with Tobias Arlt, the 'Bayern Express'. Record seven Olympic luge golds (2014, 2018, 2022 doubles and relay; 2026 relay) plus 2026 doubles bronze.
Tucker West
Tucker West (born 1995, Ridgefield, Connecticut) is a retired American luger, three-time Olympian in men's singles (2014, 2018, 2022), 2012 Youth Olympic relay gold medalist, three-time World Championship relay medalist, retired May 2026.
Valentin Steudte
Valentin Steudte is a German luger competing in doubles on artificial track, often paired with Moritz Jäger. He won gold and silver at the 2020 Youth Olympics.
Valery Dudin
Valery Arkadyevich Dudin (Валерий Аркадьевич Дудин), born 1963, Soviet luger of Dynamo Bratsk; bronze in men's singles at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, 17th at Calgary 1988, later a luge coach.
Vanessa Schneider
Vanessa Schneider (born 2002) is a German luger from Sonneberg who, with Jessica Degenhardt, won the first-ever Olympic gold in women's doubles luge at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics.
Walter Plaikner
Walter Plaikner, Italian luger born 1951 in Chienes; with Paul Hildgartner won tied doubles gold at Sapporo 1972, world title 1971, later FIL Technical Commission chairman and national-team coach.
Wilfried Huber
Wilfried Huber, Italian luger born 1970 in Brunico, South Tyrol; Olympic doubles gold with Kurt Brugger at Lillehammer 1994; six Winter Games 1988-2006; youngest of four medal-winning Huber brothers.
Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger (born 1982, Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian doubles luger who with brother Andreas won Olympic gold 2006 and 2010, silver 2014, three world titles, and the 2011/12 World Cup.
Wolfgang Scheidel
Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1943, Erfurt) is an East German former luger, 1972 Sapporo Olympic gold medalist in men's singles, distinct from F1 driver Wolfgang Seidel; also 1965 world doubles champion.
Yury Chirva
Yury Chirva (Юрий Александрович Чирва, born 2002) is a Russian luger from Bratsk who won gold in the mixed team relay and bronze in boys' doubles with Mikhail Karnaukhov at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics.