Natalie Geisenberger

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Natalie Geisenberger

Natalie Geisenberger

nation Germany Germany
birthday February 5, 1988 (age 34)
place of birth Munich , Germany
size 183 cm
Weight 87kg
job police officer
Career
discipline single seater
society ASV Miesbach
Trainer Norbert Loch
national squad since 2005
status active
medal table
Olympic medals 5×gold medal 0×silver medal 1×bronze medal
World Cup medals 9×gold medal 5×silver medal 2×bronze medal
EM medals 6×gold medal 5×silver medal 1×bronze medal
DM medals 5×gold medal 2×silver medal 0×bronze medal
 winter Olympics
bronze 2010 Vancouver singles
gold 2014 Sochi singles
gold 2014 Sochi team
gold 2018 Pyeongchang singles
gold 2018 Pyeongchang team
gold 2022 Beijing singles
 Luge World Championships
silver 2008 Oberhof singles
gold 2009 Lake Placid team
silver 2009 Lake Placid singles
silver 2011 Cesana singles
bronze 2012 Altenberg singles
gold 2013 Whistler singles
gold 2013 Whistler team
gold 2015 Sigulda singles
gold 2015 Sigulda team
gold 2016 Koenigssee singles
gold 2016 Koenigssee team
silver 2016 Koenigssee sprint
gold 2019 Winterberg singles
gold 2019 Winterberg sprint
bronze 2019 Winterberg team
silver 2021 Koenigssee singles
 European Luge Championships
gold 2008 Cesana singles
gold 2013 Oberhof singles
gold 2013 Oberhof team
silver 2015 Sochi singles
gold 2017 Koenigssee singles
gold 2017 Koenigssee team
silver 2018 Sigulda singles
silver 2018 Sigulda team
gold 2019 Oberhof singles
silver 2019 Oberhof team
silver 2021 Sigulda singles
bronze 2021 Sigulda team
gold 2022 St Moritz singles
silver 2022 St Moritz team
Placements in the Luge World Cup
 World Cup debut 2007
 World Cup victories 52 (without squadron)
 Overall World Cup ES 1. ( 2012/13 , 2013/14 , 2014/15 ,
2015/16 , 2016/17 , 2017/18 ,
2018/19 , 2020/21 )
 Challenge Cup ES 3rd ( 2009/10 )
2nd ( 2008/09 )
 podium finishes 1. 2. 3.
 single seater 48 43 10
 Sprint single seater 4 5 11
 Challenge Cup single seater 0 4 2
 team relay 22 7 4
last modified: January 23, 2022

Natalie Geisenberger (born February 5, 1988 in Munich ) is a German luger . She was double Olympic champion at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . At the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, she won her third consecutive Olympic individual gold. She is a nine-time world champion, including four world champion titles in singles. She was also European champion six times. She won the overall World Cup eight times, seven of them in a row from 2013 to 2019.

Career

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Natalie Geisenberger celebrates her 50th World Cup victory (Oberhof, 2021)

On January 20, 2007, Geisenberger contested her first World Cup race in Altenberg and immediately achieved second place. This secured her the nomination for the World Championships in Igls , where she surprised with fourth place. The highlights of her junior career were the 2004 Calgary World Junior Championships and Cesana 2007 , where she won gold with both the team and the junior women's competition. Natalie Geisenberger starts for ASV Miesbach . She became German Champion for the first time in 2007. Her career to date has been crowned by the European Champion title in 2008 in Cesana and the Vice World Champion titles in 2008 in Oberhof and 2009 in Lake Placid . In 2008, together with Felix Loch , she received the Bavarian Sports Prize in the category "Outstanding Young Athlete". On December 14, 2008, she celebrated her first World Cup victory in Winterberg . On February 16, 2010, Geisenberger won bronze in the single seater at the Olympic Games in Vancouver . In 2010 she won the title of German Champion for 2011.

At the 2013 World Championships in Whistler, she won both the individual and team relay titles. With victories in six of the nine World Cup races, she won the overall World Cup for the first time in the 2012/13 season .

On February 10 and 11, 2014, Geisenberger became Olympic champion in the individual race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . She won all four heats by a combined margin of over a second, the second-largest margin in history. On February 13, 2014, she became Olympic champion again in the team relay together with the single-seater driver Felix Loch and the double-seater drivers Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt . For this she was again awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on May 8, 2014 by Federal President Joachim Gauck . She was able to repeat the Olympic victory in the individual race on February 12 and 13, 2018 at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . On February 15, 2018, she became Olympic champion in the team relay again, together with Tobias Wendl, Tobias Arlt and Johannes Ludwig . In 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 she won the overall World Cup. In 2019 she won the overall World Cup for the seventh time in a row, further extending her own record. She also holds the record for women with 52 individual victories, other records are her five Olympic medals, including four Olympic victories. She was world champion nine times, four times in the individual and once in the sprint. She was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for her sporting achievements .

In October 2019, Geisenberger announced that she was suspending the current season due to her pregnancy. After the birth of her son in May 2020, she made a brilliant comeback. She easily qualified for the World Cup team and won the German championship in an outstanding manner on her home track in Königssee. At the start of the 2020/21 World Cup season in Igls , she only had to admit defeat in the two races, a classic individual and a sprint, to her compatriot Julia Taubitz , who succeeded her in winning the overall World Cup in the previous season. On January 17, 2021, she won her 50th World Cup race in Oberhof, having previously finished second eight times in a row during the season. At the end of the season, she was able to secure her eighth overall World Cup victory ahead of Julia Taubitz thanks to her consistent rides on the podium.

On February 7th and 8th, 2022, Geisenberger became Olympic champion for the third time in a row in the individual race at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing with a track record in the third run.

personal

In January 2006, she was employed at the Federal Police Sports School in Bad Endorf as a candidate for a police officer, on September 9, 2010, after passing the exam, she was appointed police officer and, after the 2014 Winter Olympics , senior police officer . She married her longtime partner Markus Scheer in June 2018 and is the mother of one son.

successes

  • Olympic games:
    • 2010 : bronze medalSingles
    • 2014 : Individual and Team Relaygold medal gold medal
    • 2018 : Individual and Team Relaygold medal gold medal
    • 2022 : gold medalsingles
  • World Championships:
    • 2007 : 4th place singles
    • 2008 : Silver MedalSingles
    • 2009 : gold medalTeam Relay Silver MedalIndividuals
    • 2011 : Silver MedalSingles
    • 2012 : bronze medalSingles
    • 2013 : Individual and Team Relaygold medal gold medal
    • 2015 : Individual and Team Relaygold medal gold medal
    • 2016 : Individual and Team Relay Sprintgold medal gold medalSilver Medal
    • 2019 : Individual and Sprint Team Relaygold medal gold medalbronze medal
    • 2021 : gold medalSingles
  • European Championships:
    • 2008 : goldSingles
    • 2013 : Individual and Team Relaygold gold
    • 2015 : Silver MedalSingles
    • 2017 : Individual and Team Relaygold gold
    • 2018 : Silver MedalIndividual Silver MedalTeam Relay
    • 2019 : goldIndividual Silver MedalTeam Relay
    • 2021 : silverIndividual bronze medalTeam Relay
    • 2022 : goldIndividual Silver MedalTeam Relay
Natalie Geisenberger with the glass ball of the overall World Cup winner (Altenberg, 2017)
  • Overall World Cup:
season place Points
2006/07 027 0127
2007/08 03. 0518
2008/09 02. 0785
2009/10 02. 0710
2010/11 02. 0680
2011/12 02. 0710
2012/13 01. 0855
2013/14 01. 0785
2014/15 01. 1080
2015/16 01. 0895
2016/17 01. 0982
2017/18 01. 1120
2018/19 01. 1052
2020/21 01. 0995
2021/22 03. 0772
  • World Cup victories:
single seater team relay
No. date location rail
1. 14 Dec 2008 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
2. Jan 24, 2009 Germany Altenberg Altenberg luge and bobsleigh track
3. Feb 20, 2009 Canada whistler Whistler Sliding Centre
4. 28 Nov 2009 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
5. Jan 10, 2010 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
6. Jan 31, 2010 Italy cesana Cesana Pariol
7. Jan 5, 2011 Germany Koenigssee Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee
8th. Dec 10, 2011 Canada whistler Whistler Sliding Centre
9. Jan 14, 2012 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
10 Feb 19, 2012 Latvia Sigulda Luge and bobsleigh track Sigulda
11. Dec 1, 2012 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
12. Dec 8, 2012 Germany Altenberg DKB Ice Channel
13. Jan 5, 2013 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
14 Jan 12, 2013 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
15 Jan 20, 2013 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
16 Feb 8, 2013 United States Lake Placid Lake Placid Olympic Bobsleigh Track
17 16 Nov 2013 Norway Lillehammer Hunderfossen bobsleigh and luge track
18 Nov 23, 2013 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
19 Nov 30, 2013 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
20 Dec 6, 2013 Canada whistler Whistler Sliding Centre
21 13 Dec 2013 United States Park City Park City Bobsleigh Track
22 Jan 4, 2014 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
23 Jan 18, 2014 Germany Altenberg DKB Ice Channel
24 29 Nov 2014 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
25 30 Nov 2014 Austria Innsbruck-Igls (Sprint) Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
26 Dec 5, 2014 United States Lake Placid Lake Placid Olympic Bobsleigh Track
27 12 Dec 2014 Canada Calgary Bobsleigh and luge track at Canada Olympic Park
28 Jan 3, 2015 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
29 Jan 17, 2015 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
30 Jan 24, 2015 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
31 Feb 21, 2015 Germany Altenberg DKB Ice Channel
32 18 Dec 2015 Canada Calgary Bobsleigh and luge track at Canada Olympic Park
33 Jan 17, 2016 Germany Oberhof (sprint) Oberhof luge track
34 Nov 26, 2016 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
35 Jan 5, 2017 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
36 Jan 14, 2017 Latvia Sigulda Luge and bobsleigh track Sigulda
37 Feb 4, 2017 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
38 Feb 25, 2017 Germany Altenberg DKB Ice Channel
39 18 Nov 2017 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
40 Nov 26, 2017 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
41 Dec 3, 2017 Germany Altenberg DKB Ice Channel
42 16 Dec 2017 United States Lake Placid Lake Placid Olympic Bobsleigh Track
43 Jan 6, 2018 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
44 Nov 24, 2018 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
45 Nov 25, 2018 Austria Innsbruck-Igls (Sprint) Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
46 Dec 1, 2018 Canada whistler Whistler Sliding Centre
47 16 Dec 2018 United States Lake Placid (Sprint) Lake Placid Olympic Bobsleigh Track
48 Feb 10, 2019 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
49 Feb 23, 2019 Russia Sochi Sliding Center Sanki
50 Jan 17, 2021 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
51. Jan 24, 2021 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
52 Jan 23, 2022 Switzerland St.Moritz - Celerina Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz-Celerina
No. date location rail
1. Jan 18, 2009 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
2. Jan 25, 2009 Germany Altenberg Altenberg luge and bobsleigh track
3. Jan 6, 2011 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
4. Dec 10, 2011 Canada whistler Whistler Sliding Centre
5. Jan 15, 2012 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
6. Dec 9, 2012 Germany Altenberg DKB Ice Channel
7. 16 Dec 2012 Latvia Sigulda Luge and bobsleigh track Sigulda
8th. Jan 6, 2013 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
9. Feb 9, 2013 United States United States Lake Placid Olympic Bobsleigh Track
10 24 Nov 2013 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
11. Dec 7, 2013 Canada whistler Whistler Sliding Centre
12. 14 Dec 2013 United States Park City Park City Bobsleigh Track
13. Jan 5, 2014 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
14 Dec 6, 2014 United States Lake Placid Lake Placid Olympic Bobsleigh Track
15 Jan 4, 2015 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
16 Jan 18, 2015 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
17 Jan 25, 2015 Germany winter mountain Winterberg bob run
18 Jan 6, 2017 Germany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
19 Feb 5, 2017 Germany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
20 Feb 19, 2017 Korea South Pyeongchang Alpensia Sliding Center
21 Nov 19, 2017 Austria Innsbruck-Igls Artificial ice rink Bob-Toboggan Igls
22 Dec 3, 2017 Germany Altenberg DKB Ice Channel
  • German championships:
    • 2008: Gold (women)
    • 2009: Silver (women)
    • 2010: Silver (Women)
    • 2011: Gold (women)
    • 2012: Gold (Team)
    • 2013: Gold (women)
    • 2013: Gold (Team)
    • 2016: Gold (women)
    • 2020: Gold (women)
    • 2020: Gold (Team)
  • Junior World Championships:
    • 2004: 2× gold (junior women + team)
    • 2005: 1× gold (team), 1× silver (junior women)
    • 2006: 1× Gold (Juniors)
    • 2007: 2× gold (junior women + team)

web links

Commons : Natalie Geisenberger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

itemizations

  1. ↑ Awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf. The Federal President , May 5, 2014, accessed March 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by Federal President Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler on April 30, 2010 at Bellevue Palace ( Memento from October 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b BSD: Luge: Natalie Geisenberger is pregnant and is sitting out this season. In: bsd-portal.de. Bob and Sled Association Germany, October 14, 2019, retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Tim Kronner, Elisabeth Huther, Phillip Oldenburg, Stefan Janssen: Winter sports telegram 20/21: Geisenberger wins the overall luge world cup - Taubitz second in the snow chaos. February 7, 2021, retrieved February 7, 2021 .
  5. ↑ WDR: Tobogganing: Geisenberger gets the gold hat-trick - silver for Berreiter. February 8, 2022, retrieved February 8, 2022 .
personal data
SURNAME Geisenberger, Natalie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German luger
BIRTH DATE February 5, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany