German Luge Championships 2007

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German Luge Championships 2007

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Men's Ladies
winner
Single seater David Möller Sylke Otto
Two-seater Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch

The early German Luge Championships 2007 took place from November 2nd to 4th, 2006 on the racing sled and bobsleigh track in Altenberg , Saxony .

The title fights in the single-seater for women and men as well as the double-seater were held on November 4, 2006 and served as qualification and selection races for the 2006/07 Luge World Cup season . The titles went to Sylke Otto in the women's singles, David Möller in the men's singles and Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch in the doubles.

Results

Women

Sylke Otto, German champion
space sportswoman society Terms time
1 Sylke Otto WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 55.109 s
54.839 s
1: 49.948 min
2 Tatjana Huefner WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 55.214 s
54.818 s
+0.084 s
3 Silke Kraushaar-Pielach BSR Rennsteig Oberhof 55.076 s
55.059 s
+0.187 s
4th Anke Wischnewski WSV Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 55.371 s
55.008 s
+0.431 s
5 Natalie Geisenberger ASV Miesbach 55.355 s
55.045 s
+0.452 s
6th Corinna Martini BSC Winterberg 55.523 s
55.189 s
+0.764 s
7th Anja Eberhardt RC Ilmenau 55.427 s
55.362 s
+0.841 s
8th Madeleine Teuber BSC Winterberg 55.737 s
55.511 s
+1,300 s
9 Stefanie Sieger WSV Königssee 55.818 s
55.615 s
+1.485 s
10 Lisa Liebert SSV Altenberg 56.067 s
55.978 s
+2.097 s

There were 10 starters. The German championship title was secured by Sylke Otto , who last competed in national championships and ended her career in January 2007 due to pregnancy . She did not achieve the best time in either of the two races, but was second best in each case. Silke Kraushaar-Pielach , who was still in first place after the first run, fell back to bronze due to a poor second run. The runner-up title was secured by Tatjana Hüfner , who - after finishing third in the first run - set the fastest time in the second run. Anke Wischnewski was fourth, Natalie Geisenberger landed around two hundredths behind in fifth place. Corinna Martini , Anja Eberhardt , Madeleine Teuber , Stefanie Sieger and Lisa Liebertt followed on the other ranks.

Men

David Möller, German champion
space sportswoman society Terms time
1 David Möller RRV Sonneberg 56.460 s
56.314 s
1: 52.774 min
2 Denis Geppert WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 56.432 s
56.447 s
+0.114 s
3 Jan Eichhorn BSR Rennsteig Oberhof 56.562 s
56.457 s
+0.245 s
4th Felix Hole RC Berchtesgaden 56.847 s
56.732 s
+0.805 s
5 Johannes Ludwig BSR Rennsteig Oberhof 56.674 s
56.915 s
+0.815 s
6th Denis Bertz WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 57.045 s
57.286 s
+1.557 s
7th Andi Langenhan RRC Zella-Mehlis 56.774 s
57.585 s
+1.585 s
8th Andreas Graitl RC Berchtesgaden 57.088 s
57.403 s
+1.717 s
9 Peter Fischer BSR Rennsteig Oberhof 57.478 s
57.828 s
+2.532 s
10 Eric Zöllner SSV Altenberg 59.028 s
58.402 s
+4.656 s
DNF Richard Grill WSV Königssee

11 starters competed in the men's singles. German champion was David Möller ahead of Dennis Geppert , who was still in the lead after the first run - in which Möller was around 3 hundredths behind due to a driving error in the lower section of the track. Despite this runner-up title, Geppert was unable to qualify for the World Cup team and then ended his active career. Jan Eichhorn came in third . Felix Loch finished fourth, more than half a second behind the podium . Johannes Ludwig , Denis Bertz , Andi Langenhan , Andreas Graitl , Peter Fischer and Eric Zöllner followed on the other ranks. Richard Grill fell in the first run and did not reach the finish line.

Two-seater

Patric Leitner, pilot of the two-seater Leitner / Resch, German champion
space sportswoman society Terms time
1 Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch WSV Königssee / RC Berchtesgaden 43.418 s
43.255 s
1: 26.673 min
2 Sebastian Schmidt / André Forker SSV Altenberg 43.427 s
43.389 s
+0.143 s
3 Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt RC Berchtesgaden / WSV Königssee 43.491 s
43.343 s
+0.161 s
4th André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich BSR Rennsteig Oberhof / WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 43,526 s
43,596 s
+0.449 s
5 Marcel Lorenz / Christian Baude BSR Rennsteig Oberhof 43.773 s
43.782 s
+0.882 s
6th Ronny Pietrasik / Christian Weise SSV Altenberg / WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 44.077 s
44.014 s
+1.418 s
7th Ralf Rassmann / René Hengst SSV progress Lichtenstein 46.769 s
45.257 s
+5.353 s

Seven pairs of doubles competed in the title fight for the national championship. The overall World Cup winners of the 2005/06 season, Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch , secured victory in front of the local heroes and defending champions Sebastian Schmidt and André Forker , who were inferior to their competitors in both races. In the end, it was their last national championships, the two-seater couple ended their active career with immediate effect after they were not nominated for the 2007 Luge World Championships . Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt took bronze in front of André Florschütz and Torsten Wustlich as well as Marcel Lorenz and Christian Baude . The local heroes Ronny Pietrasik and Christian Weise achieved sixth place on their home track in Altenberger Kohlgrund, followed by Ralf Rassmann and René Hengst in seventh place .

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