RRC Altenberg

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RRC Altenberg
Surname RennRodelClub Altenberg eV
sport Luge
Founded July 6, 2015
Place of foundation Altenberg
Venue Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run World icon
Association headquarters Altenberg
Chairman Jürgen Tiebel

The RennRodelClub Altenberg e. V. (short: RRC Altenberg ) is a toboggan club from Altenberg . In addition to Oberwiesenthal, the club is currently one of the two state luge centers in Saxony .

history

The RennRodelClub Altenberg was founded on July 6th, 2015 and emerged from the outsourced tobogganing department of SSV Altenberg , on whose history and successes the RRC also refers. The aim was to achieve a more targeted promotion of the sport of luge at the Altenberg location by founding the single-line club. The first chairman was Martin Henneberg, who was replaced in 2018 by the current chairman Jürgen Tiebel, father of the former luge rider Jessica Tiebel . In 2017, the club was the host of the German Luge Championships . A year later, the club and the world association FIL hosted the Junior World Championship.

Well-known athletes

  • Jessica Degenhardt , gold medalist at the Youth Olympic Games, 2020 junior double world champion
  • Aileen Frisch , Olympic starter 2018 (started for South Korea in 2017)
  • Jessica Tiebel , three-time junior world and two-time European champion, as well as three-time overall junior world cup winner

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. State support points for sport in Saxony (PDF file)
  2. RennRodelClub Altenberg. In: altenberg.de. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .