German Luge Championships 2008

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German Luge Championships 2008
	Men's	Ladies
Single seater	David Möller	Natalie Geisenberger
Two-seater	Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch
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The early German Luge Championships 2008 took place from November 1st to 3rd, 2007 on the Luge Track in Oberhof , Thuringia .

The title fights in the single-seater for women and men as well as the two-seater were held on November 3, 2007 and served as a test run for the 2008 Luge World Championships taking place on the Oberhofer Bahn at the end of January 2008 . They were also qualifying and selection races for the 2007/08 Luge World Cup season . The titles went to Natalie Geisenberger in the women's singles, David Möller in the men's singles and Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch in the doubles.

Results

Natalie Geisenberger, German champion

Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German runner-up, contested her last national championships.

space	sportswoman	society	Terms	time
1	Natalie Geisenberger	ASV Miesbach	43.238 s 43.448 s	1: 26.686 min
2	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	43.334 s 43.472 s	+0.120 s
3	Tatjana Huefner	WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	43,305 s 43,658 s	+0.277 s
4th	Anke Wischnewski	WSV Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	43.543 s 43.705 s	+0.562 s
5	Stefanie Sieger	WSV Königssee	43,600 s 43,906 s	+0.820 s
6th	Corinna Martini	BSC Winterberg	43.637 s 43.941 s	+0.892 s
7th	Daniela Schwab	RC Berchtesgaden	44.099 s 44.214 s	+1.627 s
8th	Lisa Liebert	SSV Altenberg	44.139 s 44.376 s	+1.829 s
9	Carina Schwab	RC Berchtesgaden	44.261 s 44.348 s	+1.923 s
10	Madeleine Teuber	BSC Winterberg	44.448 s 44.321 s	+2.083 s
11	Mareen Bartholomäi	RT Suhl	44.481 s 45.038 s	+2.833 s
12	Isabelle Hornung	BRC 05 Friedrichroda	44.777 s 44.805 s	+2.896 s
13	Dajana Eitberger	RC Ilmenau	45.005 s 44.892 s	+3.211 s
14th	Anika Kanis	RRV Sonneberg	44.994 s 45.126 s	+3.434 s
15th	Anne Pietrasik	SSV Altenberg	45.214 s 45.017 s	+3.545 s

15 starters competed. The German championship title was secured for the first time by Natalie Geisenberger , she set the best time in both races, and relegated the local heroes Silke Kraushaar-Pielach , who was runner-up at her last national championships, and Tatjana Hüfner to the other podium places. After the first run, Hüfner was still in second place, but got off to a bad start in the second run and fell one place back. Anke Wischnewski was fourth, Stefanie Sieger was fifth and Corinna Martini was sixth. Daniela Schwab , Lisa Liebert , Carina Schwab , Madeleine Teuber , Mareen Bartholomäi , Isabelle Hornung , Dajana Eitberger , Anika Kanis and Anne Pietrasik followed .

David Möller (right), German champion, together with Felix Loch and Andi Langenhan

space	sportswoman	society	Terms	time
1	David Möller	RRV Sonneberg	44.995 s 45.374 s	1: 30.369 min
2	Jan Eichhorn	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	45.154 s 45.329 s	+0.114 s
3	Felix Hole	RC Berchtesgaden	45.172 s 45.323 s	+0.126 s
4th	Andi Langenhan	RRC Zella-Mehlis	45.296 s 45.456 s	+0.383 s
5	Robert Eschrich	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	45.345 s 45.526 s	+0.502 s
6th	Johannes Ludwig	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	45.386 s 45.505 s	+0.522 s
7th	Denis Bertz	WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	45.461 s 45.613 s	+0.705 s
8th	Andreas Graitl	WSV Königssee	45.773 s 45.736 s	+1.140 s
9	Richard Grill	RC Berchtesgaden	45.919 s 45.940 s	+1.490 s
10	Peter Fischer	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	45.914 s 45.950 s	+1.495 s
11	Robert Fischer	RC Ilmenau	46.051 s 46.215 s	+1.897 s
12	Sascha Benecken	RT Suhl	46.328 s 46.193 s	+2.152 s
13	Tobias Rassbach	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	46.295 s 46.474 s	+2,400 s
14th	Ralf Palik	WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	46.236 s 46.625 s	+2.492 s
15th	Kevin Weihs	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	46.372 s 46.587 s	+2.590 s
16	Mathias Böhmer	RC Berchtesgaden	46.470 s 46.737 s	+2.838 s
17th	Sven Gutberlet	RT Suhl	46.554 s 46.748 s	+2.933 s
18th	Andre Reichert	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	46.673 s 46.755 s	+3.059 s
19th	Martin Olesinski	SC Fredeburg	47.041 s 47.192 s	+3.864 s
20th	Phil Görlitzer	WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	49.392 s 46.888 s	+5.911 s

20 starters competed in the men's singles. German champion was local hero David Möller ahead of Jan Eichhorn and Felix Loch , who won his first world championship title at the 2008 Luge World Championships in January 2008, making him the youngest luge world champion. Andi Langenhan , Robert Eschrich and Johannes Ludwig reached places 4 to 6. Denis Bertz , Andreas Graitl - who last competed in national championships and ended his career in February 2008 - and Peter Fischer completed the top 10. The later overall junior world cup winner of the 2007/08 season Sascha Benecken reached 12th place.

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	43.435 s 43.429 s	1: 26.864 min
2	André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich	BRC 05 Friedrichroda / WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	43.449 s 43.440 s	+0.025 s
3	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	RC Berchtesgaden / WSV Königssee	43,531 s 43,592 s	+0.259 s
4th	Marcel Lorenz / Christian Baude	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	43.576 s 44.018 s	+0.730 s
5	Ronny Pietrasik / Christian Weise	SSV Altenberg / WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	44.048 s 44.367 s	+1.551 s
6th	Toni Eggert / Marcel Oster	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof / RT Suhl	44.277 s 44.250 s	+1.663 s
7th	Daniel Rothamel / Chris Rohmeiß	RRC Zella-Mehlis	44.094 s 84.149 s	+41.397 s

Seven pairs of doubles competed in the title fight for the national championship. The overall World Cup winners of the 2006/07 season, Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch , secured victory in front of the local heroes André Florschütz and Torsten Wustlich , who were inferior to their competitors in both races. Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt took bronze in front of Marcel Lorenz and Christian Baude , who were around half a second behind in third place on their home track. The Saxon two-seater couple Ronny Pietrasik and Christian Weise reached 5th place, Toni Eggert and Marcel Oster followed in 6th place . Daniel Rothamel and Chris Rohmeiß , who were still in sixth place after the first run and finally reached the finish line more than 41 seconds behind, came seventh after a major mistake in the lower part of the track during the second run .