German Luge Championships 2009

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German Luge Championships 2009

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Men's Ladies
winner
Single seater Felix Hole Tatjana Huefner
Two-seater Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch

The German Luge Championships 2009 took place on October 25, 2008 on the combined artificial ice rink at Königssee . They were both the end and the highlight of the qualification for the Luge World Cup season 2008/09 . Due to the tight schedule, the championships were held last year at the beginning of the season.

Results

Women

space sportswoman society time
1 Tatjana Huefner WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 1: 36.425
2 Natalie Geisenberger RRT Miesbach +0.327
3 Stefanie Sieger WSV Königssee +0.384
4th Anke Wischnewski WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal +0.453
5 Corinna Martini BSC Winterberg +0.631
6th Carina Schwab RC Berchtesgaden +0.688
7th Lisa Liebert SSV Altenberg +0.760
8th Daniela Schwab RC Berchtesgaden +1,536
9 Madeleine Teuber BSC Winterberg +1,907
10 Andrea Metzenleitner RC Berchtesgaden +2,171
11 Anne Pietrasik SSV Altenberg +3,919

Men

space athlete society time
1 Felix Hole RC Berchtesgaden 1: 35.639
2 Andi Langenhan RRC Zella-Mehlis +0.260
3 David Möller RRV Sonneberg / Schalkau +0.362
4th Robert Eschrich BSR Rennsteig Oberhof +0.634
5 Jan Eichhorn BSR Rennsteig Oberhof +0.763
6th Sascha Benecken RRC Suhl +1,503
7th Peter Fischer BSR Rennsteig Oberhof +2,038
8th Julian von Schleinitz WSV Königssee +2,857
9 Johannes Ludwig BSR Rennsteig Oberhof +3,177
10 Kevin Weihs BSR Rennsteig Oberhof +4,574
11 Thomas Aschauer RC Berchtesgaden +5,063
Matthias Böhmer RC Berchtesgaden DNF

Two-seater

space athlete society time
1 Patric Leitner
Alexander Resch 		WSV Königssee
RC Berchtesgaden 		1: 35.882
2 André Florschütz
Torsten Wustlich 		BRC 05 Friedrichroda
WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 		+0.420
3 Toni Eggert
Marcel Oster 		BSR Rennsteig Oberhof
RT Suhl 		+0.548
4th Ronny Pietrasik
Christian Weise 		SSV Altenberg
WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal 		+1,041

As in the elimination races, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt were not at the start due to an injury of Wendl, but were set for the World Cup as vice world champions of the previous season.

Selection race

First selection race

The first selection race took place on October 17th in Altenberg . There were three rounds, the worst was not counted as a cancellation result. The order of the individual races was:

  • Women:
    1. Natalie Geisenberger
    2. Anke Wischnewski
    3. Tatjana Huefner
    4. Corinna Martini
    5. Lisa Liebert
    6. Stefanie Sieger
  • Men singles:
    1. Johannes Ludwig
    2. Andi Langenhan
    3. Jan Eichhorn
    4. Robert Eschrich
    5. Felix Hole
    6. David Möller
    7. Peter Fischer
    8. Sascha Benecken
  • Men double seater:
    1. Leitner / Resch
    2. Eggert / Oster
    3. Florschütz / Wustlich
    4. Pietrasik / Wise

Second selection race

The second selection race took place in Königssee on October 23. The order of the individual races was:

  • Women:
    1. Tatjana Huefner
    2. Natalie Geisenberger
    3. Stefanie Sieger
    4. Anke Wischnewski
    5. Corinna Martini
    6. Lisa Liebert

Martina Kocher from Switzerland was a guest driver.

  • Men singles:
    1. Felix Hole
    2. Jan Eichhorn
    3. Johannes Ludwig
    4. David Möller
    5. Andi Langenhan
    6. Robert Eschrich
    7. Sascha Benecken
    8. Peter Fischer

Stefan Höhener from Switzerland and Gregory Carigiet from Canada were guests at the start.

  • Men double seater:
    1. Leitner / Resch
    2. Florschütz / Wustlich
    3. Eggert / Oster
    4. Pietrasik / Wise

qualification

Qualified for the first half of the international season:

So there is only one change in the team compared to the previous season . Stefanie Sieger secured the place of Silke Kraushaar-Pielach , who had ended her career, against her direct competitor Corinna Martini . Anke Wischnewski was able to defend her starting position as well as Johannes Ludwig against Robert Eschrich .

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