Natural Track Luge European Cup

The Natural Track Luge European Cup was an annual natural track tobogganing competition from 1967 to 1995 .

The European Cup was founded by the toboggan clubs from Inzing in Austria , Olang in Italy and Unterammergau in Germany and held alternately from 1967 onwards. In the 1980s, the races were held several times in Oberperfuss instead of Inzing. After the separation of artificial track tobogganing - which has been an Olympic sport since 1964 - and natural track tobogganing, the European Cup was one of the first international toboggan races on natural track. In addition to the European Championship , which was held for the first time in 1970 and the World Championship that has been taking place since 1979 , the European Cup was one of the most important competitions until the World Cup was introduced in 1992. The 29th and last European Cup took place in 1995. However, it was held only 26 times, as the races in 1987, 1990 and 1994 had to be canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. Almost all victories in the three disciplines single-seater women , single-seater men and doubles went to sledders from Austria or Italy. Only the Russian Lyubov Panjutina achieved the only victory for another nation in 1991.

Results

Name and venue	discipline	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1st European Cup 1967 Inzing	Single-seater women	Antonia Huter	Hannelore Plattner	Johanna Huttary
	Single seater men	Franz Hinterlechner	Hans Graber	Franz Pitter
	Two-seater	Walter Oberprantacher Albert Gufler	Richard Huter Josef Huter	Josef Norrer Herbert Braunhofer
2nd European Cup 1968 Olang	Single-seater women	Antonia Huter	Ruth Oberhöller	Dora Pitterle
	Single seater men	Albert Gufler	Franz Pitter	Gottfried Lexer
	Two-seater	Anton Obernosterer Gottfried Lexer	Richard Huter Klaus Motz	Willi Haslwanter Helmut Oberthanner
3rd European Cup 1969 Unterammergau	Single-seater women	Antonia Huter	Annemarie Ebner	Edith Vollger
	Single seater men	Engelbert Peintner	Anton Obernosterer	Ludwig Nöhmeier senior
	Two-seater	Anton Obernosterer Gottfried Lexer	Hans Graber Erich Graber	Willi Haslwanter Helmut Oberthanner
4th European Cup 1970 Inzing	Single-seater women	Angelika Schafferer	Elma Gassler	Annemarie Ebner
	Single seater men	Erich Graber	Roman Pichler	Josef Niedermair
	Two-seater	Hans Graber Erich Graber	Anton Obernosterer Gottfried Lexer	Franz Pitter Albert Glanzl
5th European Cup 1971 Inzing	Single-seater women	Annemarie Ebner	Antonia Mair	Angelika Schafferer
	Single seater men	Anton Obernosterer	Karl Flacher	Gottfried Lexer
	Two-seater	Anton Obernosterer Gabriel Obernosterer	Willi Haslwanter Helmut Oberthanner	Rupert Hell Walter Pirkmann
6th European Cup 1972 Unterammergau	Single-seater women	Martha Ruech	Cordula Gritsch	Ruth Oberhöller
	Single seater men	Helmut Kleinhofer	Karl Flacher	Anton Weissbacher
	Two-seater	Helmut Kleinhofer Karl Flacher	Ernst Buchwieser Reinhard Ott	Hubert Köberl Fritz Strohmeier
7th European Cup 1973 Olang	Single-seater women	Martha Ruech	Berta Pichler	Helene Mitterstieler
	Single seater men	Erich Graber	Heinz Kleinhofer	Engelbert Fuchs
	Two-seater	Richard Huter Klaus Motz	Ernst Stangl Erwin Eichelberger	Siegfried Wild Othmar Hofer
8th European Cup 1974 Inzing	Single-seater women	Klara Niedertscheider	Martha Ruech	Annemarie Ebner
	Single seater men	Ernst Stangl	Engelbert Fuchs	Erwin Eichelberger
	Two-seater	Engelbert Fuchs Gottfried Kreuzer	Robert Jud Hans Graber	Siegfried Wild Othmar Hofer
9th European Cup 1975 Unterammergau	Single-seater women	Klara Niedertscheider	Elfriede Pirkmann	Hilde Palfinger
	Single seater men	Josef Mahlknecht	Helmut Kleinhofer	Ernst Stangl
	Two-seater	Johann Mair Michael Plaikner	Josef Mahlknecht Josef Planötscher	Helmut Kleinhofer Heinz Kleinhofer
10th European Cup 1976 Olang	Single-seater women	Klara Niedertscheider	Annemarie Ebner	Hilde Fuchs
	Single seater men	Engelbert Fuchs	Michael Plaikner	Erich Graber
	Two-seater	Albert Hellweger Christian Oberhöller	Engelbert Fuchs Gottfried Kreuzer	Helmut Hutter Josef Theurl
11th European Cup 1977 Inzing	Single-seater women	Elfriede Pirkmann	Ruth Oberhöller	Hilde Fuchs
	Single seater men	Klaus Motz	Richard Huter	Helmut Hutter
	Two-seater	Wolfgang Erlacher Alfred Kogler	Helmut Hutter Josef Theurl	Richard Huter Klaus Motz
12th European Cup 1978 Unterammergau	Single-seater women	Helene Mitterstieler	Elfriede Pirkmann	Herta Hafner
	Single seater men	Werner Beikircher	Damiano Lugon	Alfred Kogler
	Two-seater	Wolfgang Erlacher Alfred Kogler	Helmut Hutter Josef Theurl	Richard Huter Klaus Motz
13th European Cup 1979 Olang	Single-seater women	Roswitha Fischer	Herta Hafner	Barbara Hengi
	Single seater men	Michael Plaikner	Damiano Lugon	Erich Graber
	Two-seater	Johann Mair Herbert Mair	Oswald Pörnbacher Erich Graber	Damiano Lugon Andrea Millet
14th European Cup 1980 Inzing	Single-seater women	Roswitha Fischer	Gertraud Wechselberger	Hilde Fuchs
	Single seater men	Otto Bachmann	Alfred Kogler	Damiano Lugon
	Two-seater	Oswald Pörnbacher Raimund Pigneter	Martin Jud Harald Steinhauser	Damiano Lugon Andrea Millet
15th European Cup 1981 Unterammergau	Single-seater women	Herta Hafner	Delia Vaudan	Sonja Wohlfarter
	Single seater men	Otto Bachmann	Alfred Kogler	Giuseppe Cerise
	Two-seater	Damiano Lugon Andrea Millet	Martin Jud Ernst Oberhammer	Ernst Marmsoler Richard Marmsoler
16th European Cup 1982 Olang	Single-seater women	Herta Hafner	Delia Vaudan	Helene Mitterstieler
	Single seater men	Otto Bachmann	Damiano Lugon	Giuseppe Cerise
	Two-seater	Martin Jud Harald Steinhauser	Andreas Jud Ernst Oberhammer	Werner Prantl Florian Prantl
17th European Cup 1983 Inzing	Single-seater women	Helene Mitterstieler	Elfriede Pirkmann	Herta Hafner
	Single seater men	Werner Beikircher	Damiano Lugon	Alfred Kogler
	Two-seater	Wolfgang Erlacher Alfred Kogler	Helmut Hutter Josef Theurl	Richard Huter Klaus Motz
18th European Cup 1984 Unterammergau	Single-seater women	Paula Peintner	Hilde Fuchs	Herta Hafner
	Single seater men	Alfred Kogler	Martin Jud	Harald Steinhauser
	Two-seater	Alfred Kogler Franz Huber	Martin Jud Harald Steinhauser	Andreas Jud Ernst Oberhammer
19th European Cup 1985 Olang	Single-seater women	Delia Vaudan	Irmgard Lanthaler	Herta Hafner
	Single seater men	Damiano Lugon	Giuseppe Cerise	Andreas Jud
	Two-seater	Raimund Pigneter Georg Antholzer	Roland Trattnig Harald Rabitsch	Andreas Jud Ernst Oberhammer
20th European Cup 1986 Inzing	Single-seater women	Angelika Widmann	Elisabeth Als	Herta Hafner
	Single seater men	Manfred Danklmaier	Matthäus Hofer	Willi Danklmaier
	Two-seater	Matthäus Hofer Gerhard Hirzegger	Arnold Lunger Günther Steinhauser	Raimund Pigneter Georg Antholzer
21st European Cup 1987	not carried out
22nd European Cup 1988 Oberperfuss	Single-seater women	Delia Vaudan	Ingrid Koch	Elisabeth Als
	Single seater men	Andreas Jud	Franz Obrist	Josef Kinigadner
	Two-seater	Andreas Jud Günther Steinhauser	Almir Betemps Corrado Herin	Arthur Gatt August Strickner
23rd European Cup 1989 Oberperfuss	Single-seater women	Delia Vaudan	Elisabeth Als	Ingrid Koch
	Single seater men	Franz Obrist	Damiano Lugon	Andreas Jud
	Two-seater	Andreas Jud Günther Steinhauser	Almir Betemps Corrado Herin	Reinhold Buchmann Manfred Als
24th European Cup 1990	not carried out
25th European Cup 1991 Unterammergau	Single-seater women	Lyubov Panjutina	Angelika Widmann	Doris Perathoner
	Single seater men	Gerhard Pilz	Hans Noll	Josef Kinigadner
	Two-seater	Günther Steinhauser Arnold Lunger	Reinhold Buchmann Manfred Als	Roland Haslwanter Peter Lechner
26th European Cup 1992 Olang	Single-seater women	Delia Vaudan	Doris Perathoner	Jeanette Koppensteiner
	Single seater men	Gerhard Pilz	Günther Steinhauser	Manfred Graves
	Two-seater	Roland Niedermair Hubert Burger	Jürgen Pezzi Christian Hafner	Krzysztof Niewiadomski Oktawian Samulski
27th European Cup 1993 Inzing	Single-seater women	Doris Perathoner	Jeanette Koppensteiner	Renate Hinteregger
	Single seater men	Almir Betemps	Stefan Haslwanter	Stefan Kögler
	Two-seater	Michael Bischofer Herbert Kögl	Walter Mauracher Georg Eberharter	Almir Betemps Corrado Herin
28th European Cup 1994	not carried out
29th European Cup 1995 Olang	Single-seater women	Elvira Holzknecht	Irene Mitterstieler	Sandra Mariner
	Single seater men	Franz Obrist	Manfred Graves	Georg Eberharter
	Two-seater	Martin Psenner Arthur Künig	Roland Niedermair Hubert Burger	Reinhard Beer Gerhard Pilz

literature

• Harald Steyrer, Herbert Wurzer, Egon Theiner: 50 years FIL 1957 - 2007. The history of the International Luge Federation in three volumes . tape II . Egoth Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-46-0 , p. 401-407 .