Luge World Cup 2005/06

The World Cup season 2005/06 in luge started on 4 November 2005 at the Latvian Sigulda and ended on 29 January 2006 at the Thuringian Oberhof . The highlight of the season was the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin from February 10th to 26th, 2006.

The season was held at eight World Cup stations. Four team competitions were held during the season.

World Cup results

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 4th to 6th, 2005	Sigulda	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Sylke Otto	Sonja Manzenreiter
		Single seater (M)	Albert Demchenko	Tony Benshoof	Mārtiņš Rubenis
		Double (M)	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
		team	Latvia Anna Orlova Andris Šics Juris Šics Mārtiņš Rubenis	Austria Sonja Manzenreiter Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Rainer Margreiter	Italy Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber ???
November 19 to 20, 2005	Cesana	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Albert Demchenko	Tony Benshoof
		Double (M)	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
November 26th to 27th, 2005	Altenberg	Single seater (F)	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar	Anke Wischnewski
		Single seater (M)	Markus Kleinheinz	Tony Benshoof	David Möller
		Double (M)	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
09th to 10th December 2005	Calgary	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Tatjana Huefner	Barbara Niedernhuber
		Single seater (M)	Albert Demchenko	Georg Hackl	David Möller
		Double (M)	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	Andris Šics Juris Šics	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
		team	United States Courtney Zablocki Mark Grimmette Brian Martin Tony Benshoof	Austria Sonja Manzenreiter Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Markus Kleinheinz	Canada Regan Listeners Chris Moffat Mike Moffat Jeff Christie
December 16 to 17, 2005	Lake Placid	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa	Anke Wischnewski
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Tony Benshoof	Albert Demchenko
		Double (M)	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
		team	Italy Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Armin Zöggeler	Germany Silke Kraushaar Patric Leitner Alexander Resch David Möller	United States Samantha Retrosi Christian Niccum Patrick Quinn Tony Benshoof
January 6th to 7th, 2006	Koenigssee	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Tony Benshoof	Georg Hackl
		Double (M)	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
		team	Germany Silke Kraushaar Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Georg Hackl	Italy Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder Armin Zöggeler	United States Courtney Zablocki Preston Griffall Dan Joye Tony Benshoof
January 13th to 15th, 2006	Igls	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Natalja Jakuschenko	Sylke Otto
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Reinhold Rainer	David Möller
		Double (M)	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
January 28th to 29th, 2006	Oberhof	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Natalja Jakuschenko
		Single seater (M)	Jan Eichhorn	David Möller	Albert Demchenko
		Double (M)	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber

World Cup results and placements

- = no participation | dsq = disqualified | dnf = did not finish ("did not finish") | dns = did not start ("not started" - reported, but no start)

Final result in the women's singles

rank	Surname	country	SIG	CES	OLD	CAL	LAP	CAN	IGL	OBE	Points
01.	Silke Kraushaar	Germany	1	3	2	1	1	3	1	2	710
02.	Sylke Otto	Germany	2	1	4th	4th	6th	1	3	1	625
03.	Tatjana Huefner	Germany	-	2	1	2	9	2	4th	8th	496
04th	Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa	Italy	5	4th	7th	7th	2	5	6th	-	397
05.	Sonja Manzenreiter	Austria	3	10	5	6th	8th	-	8th	7th	341
06th	Veronika Halder	Austria	7th	6th	6th	10	15th	17th	7th	5	333
07th	Natalja Jakuschenko	Ukraine	18th	13	8th	15th	10	-	2	3	312
08th.	Lilia Ludan	Ukraine	10	8th	9	5	7th	-	12	6th	300
09.	Courtney Zablocki	United States	16	5	10	9	13	7th	19th	9	292
10.	Barbara Niedernhuber	Germany	17th	7th	-	3	-	4th	-	4th	260
11.	Nina Reithmayer	Austria	6th	9	dnf	18th	18th	9	9	11	247
12.	Erin Hamlin	United States	14th	32	11	13	5	10	16	16	242
13.	Martina Kocher	Switzerland	25th	18th	13	8th	17th	6th	11	22nd	238
14th	Anke Wischnewski	Germany	9	-	3	-	3	-	5	-	234
15th	Ashley Hayden	United States	11	12	12	20th	12	16	14th	15th	230
16.	Regan Listener	Canada	15th	11	14th	dsq	11	11	13	14th	214
17th	Aiva Aparjode	Latvia	8th	23	dnf	17th	14th	15th	10	10	210
18th	Samantha Retrosi	United States	34	15th	-	12	4th	13	18th	19th	200
19th	Meaghan Simister	Canada	20th	17th	16	30th	16	14th	17th	24	175
20th	Anna Orlova	Latvia	4th	14th	20th	-	-	8th	23	-	169
21st	Maija Tīruma	Latvia	23	19th	25th	16	-	12	20th	13	164
22nd	Madoka Harada	Japan	21st	16	17th	21st	23	24	21st	26th	159
23.	Alexandra Rodionova	Russia	13	22nd	32	19th	22nd	18th	28	20th	156
	Aija Katkovska	Latvia	12	20th	15th	22nd	20th	20th	25th	-	156
25th	Alex Gough	Canada	31	21st	19th	11	19th	-	15th	28	147
26th	Julia Anashkina	Russia	22nd	27	26th	25th	27	19th	24	25th	133
	Marketa Jeriova	Czech Republic	28	24	18th	24	21st	dnf	22nd	17th	133
28.	Ewelina Staszulonek	Poland	24	30th	23	dnf	28	26th	26th	12	121
29	Sarah Podorieszach	Italy	35	25th	-	26th	29	21st	30th	21st	100
30th	Anastasija Skulkina	Russia	30th	28	24	-	-	23	29	18th	094
31.	Veronika Sabolová	Slovakia	26th	29	21st	28	-	25th	27	-	090
32.	Jana Šišajová	Slovakia	36	26th	28	27	-	22nd	34	-	073
33.	Madison Dupuis	Canada	19th	dnf	dnf	14th	24	-	-	-	067
34.	Ann Abernathy	American Virgin Islands	33	34	34	34	30th	27	33	-	062
35.	Itina Gubkina	Russia	27	-	29	23	25th	-	-	-	060
36.	Hannah Campbell-Pegg	Australia	39	33	33	31	32	28	35	-	056
37.	Victoria Kneib	Russia	-	-	-	29	26th	-	31	23	055
38.	Raluca Strămăturaru	Romania	37	-	31	32	31	-	36	29	050
39.	Anahita Panjwani	Norway	32	-	27	-	-	-	-	27	037
40.	Romana Novakova	Slovakia	29	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	031
41.	Michelle Despain	Argentina	38	31	-	33	33	-	-	-	029
42.	Barbara Pilih	Slovenia	-	-	30th	-	-	-	-	-	011
43.	Kate Buckby	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	009

Final score in the men's singles

rank	Surname	country	SIG	CES	OLD	CAL	LAP	CAN	IGL	OBE	Points
01.	Armin Zöggeler	Italy	5	1	6th	9	1	1	1	-	544
02.	David Möller	Germany	10	4th	3	3	4th	5	3	2	506
03.	Tony Benshoof	United States	2	3	2	dsq	2	2	14th	4th	498
04th	Albert Demchenko	Russia	1	2	5	1	3	dnf	24	3	497
05.	Markus Kleinheinz	Austria	9	6th	1	4th	11	8th	4th	11	419
06th	Viktor Kneib	Russia	4th	11	8th	6th	5	6th	9	15th	356
07th	Jan Eichhorn	Germany	26th	9	7th	13	6th	10	12	1	348
08th.	Denis Geppert	Germany	14th	12	4th	10	7th	9	6th	9	330
9.	Wilfried Huber	Italy	7th	14th	10	7th	9	11	8th	8th	313
10.	Reinhold Rainer	Italy	23	13	16	8th	8th	7th	2	-	288
11.	Mārtiņš Rubenis	Latvia	3	5	9	-	-	-	7th	6th	260
12.	Georg Hackl	Germany	-	7th	-	2	-	3	dns	5	256
13.	Rainer Margreiter	Austria	8th	21st	12	16	16	13	17th	7th	244
14th	Stefan Höhener	Switzerland	24	25th	15th	20th	12	26th	5	18th	205
15th	Jeff Christie	Canada	17th	31	19th	5	13	23	30th	12	202
16.	Martin adventure	Austria	11	10	21st	24	24	19th	18th	16	194
17th	Guntis Rēķis	Latvia	15th	18th	24	12	21st	12	22nd	23	187
18th	Daniel Pfister	Austria	13	8th	13	dnf	-	14th	15th	14th	184
	David Mair	Italy	18th	16	22nd	26th	10	22nd	13	24	184
20th	Patrick Schwienbacher	Italy	25th	19th	27	23	17th	18th	11	25th	167
21st	Kirill Serikov	Russia	22nd	24	17th	25th	18th	30th	21st	13	160
22nd	Christian Eigenler	Austria	19th	23	18th	35	29	15th	16	19th	154
	Andi Langenhan	Germany	29	15th	11	21st	15th	-	-	10	154
24.	John Myles	United States	28	27	33	11	19th	21st	23	17th	153
25th	Shigeaki Ushijima	Japan	16	20th	23	30th	33	28	27	19th	132
26th	Kaspars Dumpis	Latvia	12	28	29	32	32	17th	28	26th	127
27.	Samuel Edney	Canada	37	33	14th	14th	26th	29	33	21st	123
	Bengt Walden	Sweden	29	22nd	35	17th	20th	25th	26th	31	123
29	Jaroslav Slavik	Slovakia	-	-	-	15th	14th	16	10	-	115
30th	Adam Rosen	United Kingdom	34	26th	-	18th	25th	34	20th	22nd	108
31.	Jozef Ninis	Slovakia	27	29	25th	18th	-	20th	19th	-	098
32.	Christian Niccum	United States	19th	-	-	22nd	-	27	29	27	081
33.	Mark Hatton	United Kingdom	33	32	-	29	27	32	25th	-	068
34.	Andreas Graitl	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	4th	36	-	065
35.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	31	38	26th	19th	28	-	-	-	063
36.	Thomas Girod	France	38	30th	30th	-	35	33	31	28	062
	Ian Cockerline	Canada	44	50	-	27	21st	36	32	29	062
38.	Valery Bespalov	Russia	40	35	32	31	31	24	34	-	060
39.	Takahisa Oguchi	Japan	32	39	31	34	30th	35	35	35	057
40.	Chris Mazdzer	United States	36	17th	49	33	23	-	-	-	056
41.	Nauris Skraustins	Latvia	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	050
42.	Jakub Hyman	Czech Republic	43	41	37	37	37	31	41	33	033
43.	Przemek Pochlod	Poland	39	40	34	36	34	37	37	-	030th
44.	Jorgen Krause	Canada	-	34	28	38	36	-	-	-	028
45.	Denis Bertz	Germany	-	-	19th	-	-	-	-	-	022nd
46.	Yann Fricheteau	France	21st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	020th
47.	Matt Mortensen	United States	35	36	36	39	-	-	-	-	018th
48.	Davide Gardini	Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30th	011
49.	John Nilsson	Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	32	010
50.	Peter Iliev	Bulgaria	49	49	46	49	38	40	43	-	009
51.	Claes Pettersson	Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	34	008th
	Eugene Radu	Romania	50	47	40	47	-	38	42	-	008th
	Bogdan Macovei	Moldova	53	43	47	45	-	39	39	-	008th
54.	Chih-hung Ma	Chinese Taipei	54	46	44	44	42	41	47	-	007th
	Mike Jepson	Canada	42	37	43	40	-	-	-	-	007th
56.	Domen Pociecha	Slovenia	45	45	48	42	39	-	-	-	006th
57.	Shiva Keshavan	India	48	-	41	51	41	-	48	-	005
	Min-Kyu Kim	South Korea	-	42	45	41	40	-	40	-	005
	Marian Lazarescu	Romania	51	44	42	46	-	-	44	-	005
60.	Werner Hoeger	Venezuela	52	48	-	48	43	-	-	-	004th
	Walter Marx	Slovakia	-	-	38	43	-	-	-	-	004th
62.	Manfred Heinzelmaier	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	003
63.	Lukáš Brož	Czech Republic	-	-	39	-	-	-	-	-	002
64.	Martin's Brempelis	Latvia	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	001
	Matt Duncan	United Kingdom	-	-	-	50	-	-	-	-	001
	Ondřej Hyman	Czech Republic	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	001
	Yuriy Hayduk	Ukraine	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	001
	Branislav Regec	Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	-	001

Final score in the men's doubles

rank	Names	country	SIG	CES	OLD	CAL	LAP	CAN	IGL	OBE	Points
01.	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany	3	1	3	15th	1	1	4th	2	611
02.	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Italy	1	4th	2	5	2	7th	2	3	586
03.	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Germany	6th	2	6th	8th	5	4th	1	1	542
04th	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Austria	2	3	4th	3	6th	5	5	4th	505
05.	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	Germany	4th	10	1	12	9	2	9	9	430
06th	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Austria	7th	8th	5	7th	8th	3	7th	5	402
07th	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Italy	5	7th	7th	4th	3	6th	3	-	397
08th.	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	United States	13	9	10	1	10	-	6th	11	325
09.	Andris Šics Juris Šics	Latvia	11	16	14th	2	7th	10	15th	14th	308
10.	Mikhail Kuzmich Yuri Wesjolow	Russia	8th	11	9	13	11	8th	11	6th	305
11.	Chris Moffat Mike Moffat	Canada	23	6th	8th	6th	14th	13	14th	12	278
12.	Preston Griffall Dan Joye	United States	14th	5	13	16	12	9	12	10	277
13.	Hans Peter Fischnaller Klaus Kofler	Italy	9	13	-	10	13	11	8th	8th	253
14th	Peter Penz Georg Fischler	Austria	16	15th	12	14th	-	14th	10	7th	221
15th	Grant Albrecht Eric Pothier	Canada	17th	12	24	9	15th	12	16	16	220
16.	Eugen Radu Marian Lăzărescu	Romania	21st	20th	22nd	17th	18th	17th	17th	15th	181
17th	Dmitri Chamkin Vladimir Boizov	Russia	22nd	22nd	11	18th	16	16	-	13	175
18th	Antonín Brož Lukáš Brož	Czech Republic	25th	19th	17th	22nd	19th	19th	20th	18th	169
19th	Andrij Kis Jurij Haiduk	Ukraine	19th	18th	21st	19th	20th	-	19th	17th	154
20th	Goro Hayashibe Masaki Toshiro	Japan	18th	23	dnf	20th	17th	18th	-	19th	131
21st	Marcin Piekarski Krzysztof Lipiński	Poland	24	25th	23	26th	21st	21st	18th	-	129
22nd	Christian Niccum Patrick Quinn	United States	12	-	-	11	4th	-	-	-	126
23.	Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuț Țăran	Romania	27	21st	16	23	23	20th	-	-	116
24.	Oleh Zherebeskyy Roman Yazvinskyy	Ukraine	28	24	18th	24	22nd	-	-	-	089
25th	Ján Harniš Branislav Regec	Slovakia	30th	-	15th	27	-	15th	-	-	077
26th	Inārs Kivlenieks Lauris Bērziņš	Latvia	20th	14th	20th	-	-	-	-	-	070
27.	Ľubomír Mick Walter Marx	Slovakia	10	-	-	-	-	dnf	13	-	066
28.	Ritvar's stone Pēteris Kalniņš	Latvia	15th	26th	19th	-	-	-	-	-	063
29	Samuel Edney Gwyn Lewis	Canada	26th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	039
30th	Ivan Newmerzhizky Vladimir Prokhorov	Russia	-	-	-	21st	-	-	-	-	020th
31.	Marshall Savill Aaron Christensen	Canada	-	-	-	25th	-	-	-	-	016
32.	Leo Horvath Jozef Kuchar	Slovakia	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	012

Final result in the team competition

rank	country	SIG	CAL	LAP	CAN	Points
01.	Italy	3	4th	1	2	315
02.	Austria	2	2	4th	4th	290
02.	Germany	5	6th	2	1	290
02.	United States	6th	1	3	3	290
05.	Latvia	1	8th	7th	6th	238
06th	Russia	4th	5	5	5	225
07th	Canada	8th	3	6th	7th	208
08th.	Japan	9	7th	8th	8th	169
09.	Czech Republic	10	10	9	9	150
10.	Slovakia	7th	12	-	11	112
11.	Poland	11	9	dnf	10	109
12.	Romania	-	11	-	12	066

Web links

• Luge results 2005/06 on www.bsd-portal.de
• Results in luge on www.fil-luge.org