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Jorg Hoffmann (olympedia 86702)
Jörg Hoffmann (born 1963, Sondershausen) is a German former luger; with Jochen Pietzsch he won 1988 Olympic doubles gold, 1984 bronze, and four world titles for East Germany. Not the swimmer of the same name.
Julia Taubitz
Julia Taubitz, German luger (born 1996, Annaberg-Buchholz), 2026 Olympic gold medalist in women's singles and mixed team relay, eight-time world champion, five-time consecutive overall World Cup winner.
Juris Šics
Juris Šics (born 1983, Sigulda) is a Latvian luger who raced doubles with brother Andris Šics, winning Olympic silver 2010 and two bronzes 2014 across five Games, retiring after 2021/22.
Klaus Michael Bonsack
Klaus Michael Bonsack (1941–2023) was a German luger who competed for East Germany and won four Olympic medals, including doubles gold with Thomas Köhler at Grenoble 1968.
Kristers Aparjods
Kristers Aparjods, born in 1998 in Sigulda, Latvia, is a Latvian luger who won team relay bronze at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and five World Cup races.
Kurt Brugger
Kurt Brugger (born 1969), Italian luge racer; with Wilfried Huber won Olympic doubles gold at Lillehammer 1994 (1:36.720). Competed in four Winter Olympics, 1988-1998, later Italian national head coach.
Madeleine Egle
Madeleine Egle, Austrian luger (born 1998, Hall in Tirol), Olympic relay silver and bronze medalist, 2024 European champion, suspended 20 months for whereabouts failures, comeback announced 2026.
Magdalena Matschina
Magdalena Matschina (born 2005, Bad Aibling) is a German luger in women's doubles. With Dajana Eitberger she won 2026 Olympic silver in doubles and team relay gold, after 2025 Worlds bronze and mixed silver.
Manfred Schmid
Manfred Schmid (born 1944, Liezen, Austria), Austrian luger; Olympic singles champion and doubles silver medalist with Ewald Walch at Grenoble 1968; four-time Olympian and two-time world doubles champion.
Manfred Stengl
Manfred Stengl (1946–1992), Austrian luger, bobsledder, and motorcycle racer. With Josef Feistmantl he won the first Olympic doubles luge gold at Innsbruck 1964; four-man world bronze 1975; died at the 1992 Isle of Man TT.
Margit Schumann
Margit Schumann (1952–2017), East German luger, 1976 Olympic champion and 1972 bronze medalist in women's singles; four-time world champion (1973–75, 1977), three-time European champion, first woman in the FIL Hall of Fame.
Marion Oberhofer
Marion Oberhofer (born 2000, San Candido, Italy) is an Italian luger who with Andrea Vötter won the first Olympic women's doubles gold at Milano Cortina 2026, plus relay bronze, two World Cup titles, and the 2023 European title.
Markus Prock
Markus Prock, Austrian artificial-track luger born 1964 in Innsbruck, competed at six Olympics 1984-2002, winning silver 1992 and 1994 and bronze 2002 behind Georg Hackl; ten World Cup overall titles, 33 race wins, later Austrian Luge Federation president.
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Mārtiņš Rubenis, Latvian luger (born 1978, Rīga), 2006 Turin Olympic singles bronze, Latvia's first Winter Olympic medalist, 2014 relay bronze; later national team coach, mechanic, and sled designer at Riga Technical University. Not the hockey player Lejnieks or athlete Viesturs Mārtiņš Rubenis.
Miriam Kastlunger
Miriam Kastlunger is a retired Austrian luger, born in Innsbruck in 1994, who won the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics girls' singles luge title on her home track.
Moritz Jager
Moritz Jäger (born 2003) is a German doubles luger who competes with Valentin Steudte and won boys' doubles gold and mixed relay silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
Natalie Geisenberger
Natalie Geisenberger (Natalie Geisenberger-Scheer), born 1988 in Munich, is a retired German luger, the most decorated Olympic luger with 6 golds and 1 bronze, three straight singles titles 2014-2022, 9 world titles, retired 2023.
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.