Tatjana Huefner

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Tatjana Huefner Luge
Tatjana Huefner
nation Germany
birthday 30th April 1983 (age 37)
place of birth Neuruppin ,  GDRGermany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
size 178 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
discipline Single seater
society BRC 05 Friedrichroda
National squad since 2003
status resigned
End of career 2019
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 8 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
EM medals 2 × gold 6 × silver 1 × bronze
DM medals 1 × gold 4 × silver 2 × bronze
JWM medals 2 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 2006 Turin singles
gold 2010 Vancouver singles
silver 2014 Sochi singles
FIL Luge World Championships
gold Igls 2007 singles
gold Oberhof 2008 singles
gold Oberhof 2008 team
gold Cesana 2011 singles
gold Altenberg 2012 singles
gold Altenberg 2012 team
silver Whistler 2013 singles
bronze Sigulda 2015 singles
gold Igls 2017 singles
gold Igls 2017 team
bronze Igls 2017 sprint
FIL European Luge Championships
silver Oberhof 2004 singles
silver Winterberg 2006 singles
silver Paramonowo 2012 singles
silver Paramonowo 2012 team
silver Oberhof 2013 singles
gold Altenberg 2016 singles
gold Altenberg 2016 team
bronze Königssee 2017 singles
silver Oberhof 2019 singles
FIL Junior Luge World Championships
gold Altenberg 2000 team
bronze Igls 2002 singles
gold Igls 2002 team
silver Königssee 2003 singles
Placements in the Luge World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 2004
 World Cup victories 52 (38 in individual races)
 Overall World Cup ES 1. ( 2007/08 , 2008/09 ,
2009/10 , 2010/11 ,
2011/12 )
 Challenge Cup ES 1. ( 2008/09 , 2009/10 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single seater 38 31 9
 Sprint single seater 0 1 2
 Challenge Cup singles 9 0 3
 Team relay 14th 3 1
last change: end of season 2018/19

Tatjana Hüfner (born April 30, 1983 in Neuruppin ) is a former German luge athlete and Olympic single-seater champion. She was the first woman who managed to win five overall World Cup victories in a row. After Natalie Geisenberger, she achieved the most victories in the World Cup with 38 successes in individual races . With five individual world championship titles, she is the most successful luge athlete at world championships.

Career

Beginnings

In 1988, Hüfner moved to the Harz Mountains with her parents and brother from Fehrbellin . Her brother often took her to training in Blankenburg . In 1992 she started for RC Blankenburg and was looked after by trainers Helmut Zimmermann and Hans-Werner Stollberg. In 1997 she went to the sports school in Oberwiesenthal and was accepted into the WSC Erzgebirge association . Until 1997, Hüfner was four times the Harz youth champion and state champion of Saxony-Anhalt and she finished 13th in the German youth championship. She was making good progress in the junior division. At the national championships in 2000, she was fifth. At the Junior World Championships in Altenberg in 2000, she reached eighth place and won the gold medal with the German team.

In the 2000/01 season she finished third in the Junior World Cup. In the national junior title fight, she came in third place and was only twelfth in Lillehammer at the junior world championships. A season later, she won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Innsbruck-Igls and the gold medal with the German team. In 2002, after graduating from high school, she was accepted into the Bundeswehr sports promotion group in Frankenberg. In the 2002/03 season she competed in the Junior World Cup for the last time and came third in the overall Junior World Cup rankings as in the 2000/01 season and came second at the 2003 Junior World Championships at Königssee. She finished in eighth place at the 2003 German championships in Winterberg.

2004 to 2008

After successful years in the junior division, she made the leap into the women's national team in the 2003/04 season . At the World Cup station in Innsbruck-Igls she was sensationally second and in the overall World Cup she came in 19th place. At the second German championships in 2004 in Oberhof, she won the silver medal. She was eighth at the 2004 World Championships in Nagano and the silver medal at the 2004 European Championships in Oberhof . In the 2004/05 season she only started at the World Cup in Oberhof, finished fourth and finished 35th in the overall World Cup. At her third German championships in 2005 at Königssee she was fourth. A season later , she won her first race in Altenberg and thanks to top placings in the World Cup races , she qualified early for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . In the overall ranking she came in a good third place. At her fourth German championships in 2006 in Oberhof, she was only seventh. In the Challenge Cup 2005/06 she was tenth in only two starts. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished third. At the 2006 European Championships in Winterberg , she was second like two years earlier. Since the last season in the World Cup, Hüfner has been able to compete for victories with the best female tobogganists. The 2006/07 season was even more successful for her as she won two World Cups. Once in Calgary and once in Winterberg and took second place overall. In the Challenge Cup 2006/07 she finished fourth in only three starts. At her fifth German championships in Altenberg in 2007, she came second. At the 2007 World Championships in Igls , she won a world championship for the first time. In the 2007/08 season she was crowned overall World Cup winner for the first time with seven wins this season. In the Challenge Cup 2007/08, she finished third with a win. At her sixth German championships in Oberhof in 2008, she was third ahead of Silke Kraushaar-Pielach . At her second World Championships in Oberhof in 2008 she won the gold medal again and with the German team. At the European Championships in Cesana in 2008 , she narrowly missed bronze and finished fourth.

2009 to 2012

Tatjana Hüfner after winning the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver

In the 2008/09 season she won six World Cup races and took the overall World Cup victory for the second time in a row. With three wins in the 2008/09 Challenge Cup, she was crowned Challenge Cup winner. At the German championships in 2009 at Königssee she won the gold medal. At the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid , she was only sixth. With five wins in the 2009/10 World Cup season , she was able to win the overall World Cup for the third time in a row. Again with three wins in the Challenge Cup 2009/10 she won the Challenge Cup for the second time in a row. At the German championships in 2010 in Winterberg, she was third. On February 16, 2010, Hüfner became the single-seater Olympic champion at the Olympic Games in Vancouver . In 2010, Hüfner, as a member of the Blankenburg toboggan club, was elected Sportswoman of the Year for the state by the sports journalists of Saxony-Anhalt . In the 2010/11 season she won seven World Cup races and was able to achieve the overall standings for the fourth time in a row. At the German championships in Oberhof in 2011 , she was second ahead of Natalie Geisenberger . The 2011 World Championships in Cesana were very successful for her, as she won the first and second runs and became world champion. In 2011, Hüfner started for the BRC 05 Friedrichroda association. Also in the 2011/12 season she won three races and several second places and for the fifth time in a row the overall World Cup. At the German championships in Altenberg in 2012, she became German champion and won the silver medal with the Thuringia team. At the 2012 World Championships in Altenberg, she was able to defend her world title. At the European Championships in 2012 in Paramonowo , she won the silver medal behind Russian Tatyana Iwanowa . With the German team, it was also enough to win second place.

2013 to 2019

At the beginning of the 2012/13 season , Hüfner was handicapped by a back injury, so that she could not quite build on her usual top performances and had to take a break from the World Cup at times. In addition, her trainer André Florschütz was dismissed from the German Luge Association in the summer . At the European Championships in Oberhof in 2013 , she took second place. On February 11, 2014, Hüfner won silver in the single-seater at the Olympic Games in Sochi behind Natalie Geisenberger . Like them, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by Federal President Joachim Gauck on May 8, 2014 . After the 2018/19 season Tatjana Hüfner ended her luge career.

Private

In addition to tobogganing, Tatjana Hüfner did a distance learning course in practical psychology at the Hamburg Academy for Distance Learning (HAF) between 2003 and 2006 and then completed a distance learning course to become a psychological consultant. In the club RC Blankenburg she also got the C license as a trainer.

successes

  • Olympic games:
    • 2006 : Bronze medalin a single seater
    • 2010 : Gold medalin a single seater
    • 2014 : Silver Medalin a single seater
    • 2018 : 4th place single seater
  • World Championships:
    • 2004 : 8th place single seater
    • 2007 : Gold medalin a single seater
    • 2008 : in the single seater and in the team relayGold medal Gold medal
    • 2009 : 6th place single-seater
    • 2011 : Gold medalin a single-seater
    • 2012 : in the single-seater and in the team relayGold medal Gold medal
    • 2013 : Silver Medalin a single seater
    • 2015 : Bronze medalin a single seater
    • 2016 : 4th place single-seater, 5th place in sprint
    • 2017 : in the single seater and in the team relay in the sprintGold medal Gold medalBronze medal
    • 2019 : 5th place in the sprint, 10th place single-seater
  • Overall World Cup:
season space Points
2003/04 019th 159
2004/05 035. 60
2005/06 03. 496
2006/07 02. 685
2007/08 01. 736
2008/09 01. 855
2009/10 01. 755
2010/11 01. 845
2011/12 01. 761
2012/13 03. 561
2013/14 03. 551
2014/15 03. 727
2015/16 03. 769
2016/17 02. 865
2017/18 05. 726
2018/19 06th 572
  • World Cup victories:
Single seater Team relay
No. date place train
1. Nov 27, 2005 GermanyGermany Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run
2. 0Dec 9, 2006 CanadaCanada Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
3. Feb 11, 2007 GermanyGermany Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run
4th Nov 25, 2007 CanadaCanada Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
5. 0Dec 9, 2007 GermanyGermany Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run
6th Dec 16, 2007 AustriaAustria Innsbruck-Igls Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh
7th 0Jan. 6, 2008 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee
8th. 0Jan. 3, 2008 GermanyGermany Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run
9. Feb 15, 2008 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
10. Feb 17, 2008 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
11. Nov 30, 2008 AustriaAustria Innsbruck-Igls Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh
12. 0Dec 7, 2008 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
13. 0Jan. 4, 2009 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
14th Jan. 11, 2009 ItalyItaly Cesana Cesana Pariol
15th Jan. 18, 2009 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
16. Feb 15, 2009 CanadaCanada Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
17th Nov 21, 2009 CanadaCanada Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
18th 0Dec 6, 2009 GermanyGermany Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run
19th Dec 13, 2009 NorwayNorway Lillehammer Hunderfossen bobsleigh and sled run
20th 0Jan. 2, 2010 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
21st Jan. 16, 2010 GermanyGermany Germany Oberhof luge track
22nd Nov 27, 2010 AustriaAustria Innsbruck-Igls Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh
23. Dec 10, 2010 CanadaCanada Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
24. Dec 17, 2010 United StatesUnited States Park City Park City bobsleigh
25th Jan. 16, 2011 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
26th Jan. 22, 2011 GermanyGermany Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run
27. Feb. 20, 2011 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
28. Feb. 26, 2011 AustriaAustria Innsbruck-Igls Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh
29 0Jan. 5, 2012 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
30th Jan. 28, 2012 SwitzerlandSwitzerland St. Moritz Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina
31. 23 Feb 2013 RussiaRussia Sochi Sliding Center Sanki
32. Jan. 14, 2014 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
33. Jan. 16, 2016 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
34. Feb 14, 2016 GermanyGermany Altenberg DKB ice channel
35. Feb 20, 2016 GermanyGermany Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run
36. 03rd Dec 2016 United StatesUnited States Lake Placid Olympic bobsleigh track Lake Placid
37. 0Dec 9, 2017 CanadaCanada Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
No. date place train
1. Feb 17, 2008 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
2. Dec 14, 2008 GermanyGermany Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run
3. 0Jan. 4, 2009 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
4th 0Dec 6, 2009 GermanyGermany Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run
5. 0Jan. 3, 2010 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink
6th Jan. 10, 2010 GermanyGermany Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run
7th Jan. 17, 2010 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
8th. Nov 28, 2010 AustriaAustria Innsbruck-Igls Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh
9. Jan. 16, 2011 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
10. Jan. 23, 2011 GermanyGermany Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run
11. Feb. 24, 2013 RussiaRussia Sochi Sliding Center Sanki
12. Jan. 10, 2016 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
13. Feb 16, 2016 GermanyGermany Altenberg DKB ice channel
14th 0Dec 9, 2017 CanadaCanada Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park

Web links

Commons : Tatjana Hüfner  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Tatjana Huefner . In: Internationales Sportarchiv 37/2011 Munzinger Archive, September 13, 2011. Accessed on May 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. The Federal President , May 5, 2014, accessed on March 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hüfner, Tatjana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German luge athlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuruppin , German Democratic Republic