FIL World Luge Championships 2011
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The FIL World Luge Championships 2011 took place 28-30 January 2011 in Cesana, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 at the Cesana Pariol
Cesana Pariol
Cesana Pariol was the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The track, built for the games, is located in Cesana...

 bobsleigh
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....

, luge
Luge
A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...

, and skeleton
Skeleton (sport)
Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...

 track. A total of 19 countries competed.

Medalists

Men's singles
Women's singles
Doubles Andreas Linger
Andreas Linger
Andreas Linger is an Austrian luger who has competed internationally since 2000. He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age, and did their first doubles run when they were 14...

 
Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger is an Austrian luger who has competed internationally since 2000. As young children, he and his older brother Andreas learned to luge on a former Olympic luge track, and at age 14 began competing as a doubles team for the first time...


Christian Oberstolz
Christian Oberstolz
Christian Oberstolz is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. He won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers and two bronzes .At the FIL European Luge Championships, Oberstolz won five medals with one gold , three...

 
Patrick Gruber
Patrick Gruber
Patrick Gruber is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. He won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers and two bronzes .At the FIL European Luge Championships, Gruber won five medals with one gold Patrick Gruber (born January 31, 1978 in Bruneck) is an Italian...


Andris Šics
Andris Šics
Andris Šics is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010 alongside his teammate, older brother Juris Šics....


Juris Šics
Juris Šics
Juris Šics is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010 alongside his teammate, younger brother Andris Šics....


Team relay Cancelled

Men's singles

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

's Felix Loch
Felix Loch
Felix Loch is a German luger and Olympic champion. He has been competing since 1995 and has been on the German national team since 2006. He won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four golds and one silver...

 is the defending Olympic
Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics
The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.- Medal table :- Events :Three luge events were held at the games:...

 and world champion
FIL World Luge Championships 2009
The FIL World Luge Championships 2009 ran on 1–8 February 2009 at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Lake Placid, New York, United States for the second time after having hosted the event in 1983...

 in this event. The event took place on 29 January at 15:00 CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

. Zöggeler came from 0.057 seconds down after the first run to defeat defending world champion Loch by 0.021 seconds. It was the Italian's sixth world championship overall, but his first since the 2005 championships
FIL World Luge Championships 2005
-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Mixed team:-Medal table:-References:****...

 in Park City, Utah
Park City, Utah
Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...

 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 where Zöggeler won his 2002 Olympic gold medal
Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics
The Luge competition at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Three events were staged, taking place from February 10 to February 14.-Medal table:-Events:-References:***...

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37 athletes from 18 countries will compete.
RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2TotalBehind
6 Armin Zöggeler
Armin Zöggeler
Armin Zöggeler is a luger and double Olympic champion who is an Italian national. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed Il Cannibale , for his notable series of victories, or The Iceblood Champion, for his always cold, rational approach to the races.Zöggeler was born in...

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|align=left| Felix Loch
Felix Loch
Felix Loch is a German luger and Olympic champion. He has been competing since 1995 and has been on the German national team since 2006. He won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four golds and one silver...


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|align=left| Andi Langenhan
Andi Langenhan
Andi Langenhan is a German luger who has been competing since 1995 and has been on the German national team since 2001. He won two bronze medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships ....


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|align=left| David Möller
David Möller
David Möller is a German luger who has competed since 2001. He won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four golds , one silver , and one bronze Möller also won four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold , one silver...


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|align=left| Reinhold Rainer
Reinhold Rainer
Reinhold Rainer is an Italian luger who has competed since 1994. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the men's singles event both in 1998 and in 2006....


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|align=left| Daniel Pfister
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|align=left| Wolfgang Kindl
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|align=left| Viktor Kneyb
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|align=left| Mārtiņš Rubenis
Martinš Rubenis
Mārtiņš Rubenis is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. He won the bronze medal at the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, becoming the first Latvian Mārtiņš Rubenis (born 26 September 1978 in Riga) is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. He won the bronze...


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|align=left| Reinhard Egger
Reinhard Egger
Reinhard Karl Egger , was a German Fallschirmjäger during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...


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|align=left| David Mair
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|align=left| Bengt Walden
Bengt Walden
Bengt Walden is a Swedish-born, American luger who has competed since 1985, internationally since 1988, when he joined the Swedish national team. He married American luger Ashley Hayden in 2006, and joined the United States national team in 2007...


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|align=left| Manuel Pfister
Manuel Pfister
Manuel Pfister is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1999. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 17th in the men's singles event at Oberhof in 2008....


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|align=left| Gregory Carigiet
Gregory Carigiet
Gregory Carigeiet is a Swiss luger who has competed since 1999. He finished 17th in the men's singles event at a World Cup event in Calgary on 21 November 2009....


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|align=left| Samuel Edney
Samuel Edney
Samuel Edney is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the men's singles event at Vancouver in 2010....


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|align=left| Jozef Ninis
Jozef Ninis
Jozef Ninis is a Slovakian luger who has competed since 1996. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 22nd in the men's singles event at Turin in 2006....


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|align=left| Jeff Christie
Jeff Christie
Jeff Christie is a Canadian luger who has slid since 1995 and competed internationally since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish at 14th place in the men's singles event twice at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.Christie's best finish at the FIL...


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|align=left| Maciej Kurowski
Maciej Kurowski
Maciej Kurowski is a Polish luger who has competed since 2005. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 29th in the men's singles event at Lake Placid, New York in 2009....


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|align=left| Inars Kivlenieks
Inars Kivlenieks
Inārs Kivlenieks is a Latvian luger who has competed since 2005. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 20th in men's doubles in 2006-07....


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|align=left| Chris Mazdzer
Chris Mazdzer
Chris Mazdzer is an American luger who has competed since 2006. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing 13th.Mazdzer's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 14th in the men's singles at Lake Placid in 2009. His best World Cup season finish was 25th in...


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|align=left| Valentin Cretu
Valentin Cretu
Valentin Creţu is a Romanian luger who has competed since 2000. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 35th in the men's singles event at Igls in 2007....


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|align=left| Andriy Kis
Andriy Kis
Andriy Kis is a Ukrainian luger who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 14th in the men's doubles event at Turin in 2006....


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|align=left| Albert Demchenko
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|align=left| Bogdan Macovei
Bogdan Macovei
Bogdan Macovei is a Romanian-born Moldovan luger who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 30th in the men's singles event at Turin in 2006....


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|align=left| Karol Stuchlak
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|align=left| Hindenari Kanayama
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|align=left| Bruno Banani
Bruno Banani
Bruno Banani is a German fashion company headquarter in Chemnitz. On 11 March 2009, Bruno Banani launched a product range using the eco-friendly fiber Biophyl from Advansa with class 1 Oeko-tex standard rating....


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|align=left| Danej Navrboc
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Women's singles

Erin Hamlin
Erin Hamlin
Erin Hamlin is an American luger who has competed since 2005. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2009 FIL World Luge Championships in Lake Placid, New York; this marked the first time in 99 races that a German woman was not the top finisher.Hamlin finished 12th in the...

 of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in the defending world champion while Germany's Tatjana Hüfner
Tatjana Hüfner
Tatjana Hüfner is a German luger who is the current Olympic Champion and has competed since 2003. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...

 in the defending Olympic champion. The event took place on 29 January at 08:20 CET.

26 athletes from 13 countries competed.

Hüfner rebounded from her disappointing finish at the 2009 championships with her third gold medal in this event. Defending champion Hamlin finished 14th. Geisenberger won her third straight silver in this event. Gough becomes the first Canadian woman to medal at the World Championships and the second Canadian overall after Miroslav Zajonc
Miroslav Zajonc
Miroslav Zajonc was a Czechoslovakian-born luger who later competed for both Canada and the United States between the late 1970s and the late 1980s...

's gold in the men's singles event at the 1983 championships
FIL World Luge Championships 1983
The FIL World Luge Championships 1983 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States. It marked the first time that the championships took place outside of Europe.-Men's singles:...

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RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2TotalBehind
1 Tatjana Hüfner
Tatjana Hüfner
Tatjana Hüfner is a German luger who is the current Olympic Champion and has competed since 2003. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...

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|align=left| Natalie Geisenberger
Natalie Geisenberger
Natalie Geisenberger is a German luger. She won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....


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|align=left| Alex Gough
Alex Gough (luger)
Alex Gough is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2002. She won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships 2011 in Cesana, the first ever for a Canadian woman and only the second overall .Gough also competed in two Winter...


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|align=left| Nina Reithmayer
Nina Reithmayer
Nina Reithmayer is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in the women's singles event at Vancouver in 2010....


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|align=left| Anke Wischnewski
Anke Wischnewski
Anke Wischnewski is a German luger who has competed since 2001. She won two medals in the women's singles at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005....


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|align=left| Carina Schwab
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|align=left| Veronika Halder
Veronika Halder
Veronika Halder is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2000. She won four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with two silvers and two bronzes .Halder competed in two Winter Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the women's singles event at Turin in...


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|align=left| Martina Kocher
Martina Kocher
Martina Kocher is a Swiss luger who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of seventh in the women's singles event at Vancouver in 2010....


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|align=left| Alexandra Rodionova
Alexandra Rodionova
Alexandra Vasiliyevna Rodionova is a Russian luger who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the women's singles event at Vancouver in 2010....


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|align=left| Sandra Gasparini
Sandra Gasparini
Sandra Gasparini is an Italian luger who has competed since 2006. She won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2007 FIL World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria....


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|align=left| Tatiana Ivanova
Tatiana Ivanova
Tatiana Ivanovna Ivanova is a Russian luger who has competed since 2000. She won the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda.Ivanova finished 17th in the 2008-09 Luge World Cup....


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|align=left| Julia Clukey
Julia Clukey
Julia Clukey is an American luger who has competed since 2002. Her best Luge World Cup season finish was 12th in women's singles in 2007–08....


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|align=left| Arianne Jones
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|align=left| Erin Hamlin
Erin Hamlin
Erin Hamlin is an American luger who has competed since 2005. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2009 FIL World Luge Championships in Lake Placid, New York; this marked the first time in 99 races that a German woman was not the top finisher.Hamlin finished 12th in the...


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|align=left| Veronika Sabolova
Veronika Sabolová
Veronika Sabolová is a Slovakian luger who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 14th in the women's singles event at Vancouver in 2010....


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|align=left| Ksenia Tsyplakova
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|align=left| Ashley Walden
Ashley Walden
Ashley Walden is an American luger who has competed since 1998...


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|align=left| Raluca Stramaturaru
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|align=left| Maija Tiruma
Maija Tiruma
Maija Tīruma is a Latvian luger who has competed since the 2000.She won two bronze medals in the mixed team relay event at the FIL World Luge Championships ....


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|align=left| Violeta Stramaturaru
Violeta Strămăturaru
Violeta Strămăturaru is a Romanian luger who has competed since 2001. Her older sister Raluca Strămăturaru is also a luger.Strămăturaru best Luge World Cup season finish was 32nd in women's singles in 2008-09. She qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics...


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|align=left| Natalia Khoreva
Natalia Khoreva
Natalia Khoreva is a Russian luger who has competed since 1999. She finished 16th in the 2008-09 Luge World Cup.Khoreva's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 24th in the women's singles event at Oberhof in 2008...


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|align=left| Mihaela Chiras
Mihaela Chiras
Mihaela Chiras is a Romanian luger who has competed since 2005. Her best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 28th in the women's singles event at Oberhof in 2008....


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|align=left| Morgane Bonnefoy
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|align=left| Ewelina Staszulonek
Ewelina Staszulonek
Ewelina Staszulonek is a Polish luger who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the women's singles event at Vancouver in 2010....


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Men's doubles

Italy's Gerhard Plankensteiner
Gerhard Plankensteiner
Gerhard Plankensteiner is an Italian national of Austrian descent luger who competed from 1986 to 2010...

 and Oswald Haselrieder
Oswald Haselrieder
Oswald Haselrieder is an Italian national of Austrian descent luger who competed from 1990 to 2010...

 are the defending world champions. Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

's Andreas
Andreas Linger
Andreas Linger is an Austrian luger who has competed internationally since 2000. He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age, and did their first doubles run when they were 14...

 and Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger is an Austrian luger who has competed internationally since 2000. As young children, he and his older brother Andreas learned to luge on a former Olympic luge track, and at age 14 began competing as a doubles team for the first time...

 are the two-time
Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics
The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy. Three events were staged, taking place from February 11 to February 15. These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games.-Medal...

 defending Olympic champions. Plankensteiner and Haselrieder retired between the 2010 Winter Olympics and the start of the 2010-11 Luge World Cup. The first run of the event will take place on 29 January at 19:00 CET while the second run will take place at 09:00 CET the next day.
RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2TotalBehind
6 Andreas Linger
Andreas Linger
Andreas Linger is an Austrian luger who has competed internationally since 2000. He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age, and did their first doubles run when they were 14...


Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger is an Austrian luger who has competed internationally since 2000. As young children, he and his older brother Andreas learned to luge on a former Olympic luge track, and at age 14 began competing as a doubles team for the first time...

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|align=left| Christian Oberstolz
Christian Oberstolz
Christian Oberstolz is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. He won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers and two bronzes .At the FIL European Luge Championships, Oberstolz won five medals with one gold , three...


Patrick Gruber
Patrick Gruber
Patrick Gruber is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. He won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers and two bronzes .At the FIL European Luge Championships, Gruber won five medals with one gold Patrick Gruber (born January 31, 1978 in Bruneck) is an Italian...


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|align=left| Andris Šics
Andris Šics
Andris Šics is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010 alongside his teammate, older brother Juris Šics....


Juris Šics
Juris Šics
Juris Šics is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010 alongside his teammate, younger brother Andris Šics....


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|align=left| Vladislav Yuzhakov
Vladislav Yuzhakov
Vladislav Yuzhakov is a Russian luger who has competed since 1995. His best Luge World Cup finish was 15th in men's doubles in 2007-08....


Vladimir Makhnutin
Vladimir Makhnutin
Vladimir Makhnutin is a Russian luger who has competed since 1997. His best Luge World Cup finish was 15th in men's doubles in 2007-08....


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|align=left| Ludwig Rieder
Patrick Rastner
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|align=left| Hans Peter Fischnaller
Hans Peter Fischnaller
Hans Peter Fischnaller is an Italian luger who has been competing since 2004. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 11th in men's doubles in 2004-05....


Patrick Schwienbacher
Patrick Schwienbacher
Patrick Schwienbacher is an Italian luger who has been competing since 1997. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 18th twice ....


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|align=left| Matthew Mortensen
Matthew Mortensen
Matthew Mortensen is an American luger who has been competing since 2000. His best Luge World Cup season finish was tenth in men's doubles in 2006-07....


Preston Griffall
Preston Griffall
Preston Griffall is an American luger who has competed since 1995. He finished eighth in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....


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|align=left| Tristan Walker
Tristan Walker
Tristan Walker is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2008. His best Luge World Cup finish was 8th in men's doubles at Cesana in the 2011 World Championships.Walker qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics where he finished 15th....


Justin Snith
Justin Snith
Justin Snith is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2008. His best Luge World Cup finish was 13th in men's doubles at Calgary on 21 November 2009.Snith qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics where he finished 15th.-References:*...


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|align=left| Ronny Pietrasik
Christian Weise
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|align=left| Toni Eggert
Toni Eggert
Toni Eggert is a German luger who has competed since 2008. As of January 26, 2009, he is 15th place in men's doubles in the 2008-09 Luge World Cup standings.-References:*...


Sascha Benecken
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|align=left| Christian Niccum
Christian Niccum
Christian Niccum is an American luger who has competed since 1998. He finished 23nd in the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...


Jayson Terdiman
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|align=left| Mikhail Kuzmich
Stanislav Mikheev
Stanislav Mikheev
Stanislav Mikheev is a Russian luger who has competed since the mid 2000s. His best finish at the FIL European Luge Championships was sixth in the men's doubles event at Sigulda in 2010....


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|align=left| Ivan Nevmerzhitski
Ivan Nevmerzhitski
Ivan Nevmerzhitski is a Russian luger who has competed since 2000. He finished tenth in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy....


Vladimir Prokhorov
Vladimir Prokhorov
Vladimir Prokhorov is a Russian luger who has competed since 2000. He finished tenth in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy....


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|align=left| Peter Penz
Peter Penz
Peter Penz is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2003. He won two medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2007...


Georg Fischler
Georg Fischler
Georg Fischler is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2003. He won two medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in FIL World Luge Championships 2007|2007]]...


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|align=left| Ján Harniš
Jan Harnis
Ján Harniš is a Slovak luger who has competed since 2004. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 18th in men's doubles in 2006-07....


Branislav Regec
Branislav Regec
Branislav Regec is a Slovak luger who has competed since 2000. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 18th in men's doubles in 2006-07....


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|align=left| Antonín Brož
Antonín Brož
Antonín Brož is a Czech luger who has competed since 2002. He finished 16th in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....


Lukáš Brož
Lukáš Brož
Lukáš Brož is a Czech luger who has competed since 2000. He finished 16th in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....


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|align=left| Paul Ifrim
Paul Ifrim
Paul Ifrim is a Romanian luger who has competed since 2004. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 16th in the men's doubles event at Lake Placid, New York in 2009....


Andrei Anghel
Andrei Anghel
Andreu Anghel is a Romanian luger who has competed since 2004. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 16th in the men's doubles event at Lake Placid, New York in 2009....


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|align=left| Arthur Petyniak
Adam Wanielista
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|align=left| Cosmin Chetroiu
Cosmin Chetroiu
Cosmin Chetroiu is a Romanian luger who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 17th in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010.He was born in Petroşani....


Ionuţ Ţăran
Ionut Taran
Ionuţ Ţăran is a Romanian luger who has competed since 1999.He was born in Topliţa.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 17th in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010....


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|align=left| Tobias Wendl
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Wendl is a German luger who has competed since the 2000s. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany....


Tobias Arlt
Tobias Arlt
Tobias Arlt is a German luger who has competed since the 2000s. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany....


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Mixed team relay

The German team of Loch, Natalie Geisenberger
Natalie Geisenberger
Natalie Geisenberger is a German luger. She won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

, André Florschütz
André Florschütz
André Florschütz is a German luger who competed from 1993 to 2010. Together with Torsten Wustlich, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....

, and Torsten Wustlich
Torsten Wustlich
Torsten Wustlich is a German luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with André Florschütz, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....

were the defending world champions. The event was to have taken place on 30 January at 10:20 CET, but was was cancelled due to technical problems.

Medal table

1 1 2 1 4
2 1 1 0 2
3 1 0 0 1
4 0 0 1 1
4 0 0 1 1

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