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Tobias Wendl
Tobias Wendl in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 37)
Aachen, West Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight88 kg (194 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryGermany
SportLuge
EventDoubles
Coached byPatric Leitner[2]
Norbert Loch
Georg Hackl[2]
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Whistler Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Whistler Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sigulda Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sigulda Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Igls Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Königssee Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2008 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Igls Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Winterberg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Winterberg Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2021 Königssee Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Königssee Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Königssee Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paramonovo Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paramonovo Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Altenberg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Oberhof Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 St. Moritz Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Sigulda Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sigulda Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sigulda Team relay

Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.

Biography

Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in Aachen, Germany.[1] He began competing in the luge in 1993; and became a part of the national team in 2005, luging as a front.[1] At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, he won a silver medal; and at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the mixed team events.[1] He won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, in Whistler, Canada.[1] Wendl competes in the double with Tobias Arlt, and is the front.[1] Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express"[3] and "The Two Tobis".[4]

He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.[3]

Olympics

Wendl won two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi; in the luge double with Tobias Arlt, he won a gold in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track: this was half a second ahead of the second placed Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger of Austria;[5] this winning margin was the biggest ever in Olympic luge doubles.[6] In the pair's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[7]

Wendl then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Arlt;[8] finishing more than one full second ahead of the second placed Russian Federation, in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Wendl, Tobias". International Luge Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b Harder, Wolfgang (May 2014). "All four gold medals go to the 'Sunshine Training Group'" (PDF). FIL Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 51. Berchtesgaden, Germany: International Luge Federation. p. 9. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Tobias Wendl". Sochi.ru. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  4. ^ Withers, Tom (12 February 2014). "Germany's Wendl and Arlt win doubles luge". Yahoo Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Doubles luge: Germany's 'two Tobis' — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt — win gold medal". The Washington Post. 12 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  6. ^ Khutork, Rosa (12 February 2014). "Olympics-Luge-Wendl and Arlt extend German gold rush". Reuters. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Sochi 2014: Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt win luge doubles gold". BBC. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep". ABC News. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Luge Team Relay Competition". Sochi.ru. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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