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Luge is one of the seven Olympic sports currently contested at the Winter Olympic Games. [1] It has been a constant presence in the Olympic program since its introduction at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, [2] in the form of three events: men's singles, women's singles, and doubles.
Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the most successful Olympic luger, having won six gold medals and a bronze attained in four consecutive Olympics (three golds and a bronze in singles, and 3 golds in team relay). Armin Zöggeler is the only athlete to have won one medal in a single individual event in six Olympics (furthermore consecutive).
The women's singles competition in luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (heats 1 and 2) and 8 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District. [1] The defending champion Natalie Geisenberger of Germany won the event, becoming the first ever triple Olympic champion in women's luge. This ...
Erin Mullady Hamlin [1] (born 19 November 1986) is a four-time Olympian [2] and the first female American luger to medal at any Winter Olympics, as well as the first American of either gender to medal in luge singles competition [3] [4] and the first non-European woman to take an Olympic medal in luge. [5]
Sweeney delivered the 23rd medal in USA Luge's history at world championships, including the fourth in women's singles. Erin Hamlin won gold at Lake Placid, New York in 2009, then got silver at ...
For Eitberger and Gough, these were their first Olympic medals, and Gough's medal became the first ever Canadian Olympic medal in luge. Tatjana Hüfner, the 2010 Olympic champion and the 2014 silver medalist, had the third time in the first run, but was only sixth in the second run, and eventually only became fourth.
Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track which is one of the Yanqing cluster venues between 5 and 10 February 2022. [1]A total of 106 quota spots were distributed to the sport of luge, a decline of four from the 2018 Winter Olympics. [2]
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in luge (5 P) Pages in category "Olympic medalists in luge" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total.