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On 15 June 2009, the FIL announced their jury members for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The jury was to be headed by Josef Benz (Switzerland, chair of the FIL Sport Commission. Other jury members included Zianbeth Shattuck-Owen (United States), luge manager for the 2002 Games, and Markus Schmidt (Austria), men's singles bronze medalist at the 1992 ...
The men's luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on 13–14 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. [1] Germany's Felix Loch was the two-time defending world champion and won the gold medal with the fastest time in each of the four runs. [2]
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.
By 31 December 2009, the cut-off date for luge qualifications for the Olympics, Kumaritashvili was ranked 38th overall. He qualified for the luge men's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics, his Olympic debut, by racing in five World Cup races over two years. [10]
Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Natalie Geisenberger Germany (GER) Women's singles Team relay 2010–2022 6: 0: 1: 7 Tobias Arlt Germany (GER) Doubles Team relay 2014–2022 6: 0: 0: 6 Tobias Wendl Germany (GER) Doubles Team relay 2014–2022 6: 0: 0: 6 Armin Zöggeler Italy (ITA) Men's singles 1994–2014 2: 1: 3: 6 Georg Hackl West Germany ...
Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 2002 and a bronze in 1998. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan . Grimmette also won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (Mixed team: 2004 , 2005 ) and seven bronzes (Men's doubles: 1999 , 2000 , 2004, 2005, 2007 , 2009 ...
While the IOC does not consider luge times eligible for Olympic records, the International Luge Federation (FIL) does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes. The start and track records were set at the test event from the women's singles/ men's doubles start house for the 2010 Games on 20 February 2009.
Olympics: He finished 23rd in the men's singles event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City competing for Sweden. [2] He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for the United States, finishing 15th. [5] FIL World Luge Championships: Walden has competed twice for the US in the World Luge Championships, as well as once for the Swedish team.