Steffen Sartor

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Steffen Sartor (2017) as the head coach of South Korea's luge

Steffen Skel (born June 14, 1972 in Bad Salzungen ), now Steffen Sartor after marriage , is a former German luge who drove for the BSC Winterberg .

Life

Steffen Skel and his partner Steffen Wöller formed one of the strongest and most successful double-seater luge of the 1990s and early 2000s. The duo competed at the Winter Olympics three times ( 1994 , 1998 and 2002 ) . They finished 14th in Lillehammer in 1994 and eighth in Nagano in 1998 , but four years later they missed the bronze medal in Salt Lake City with fourth place behind the Americans Chris Thorpe and Clay Ives by only about one and a half tenths of a second. At the 2000 World Championships , Skel / Wöller won the gold medal with the German team. In addition, there was silver with the doubles, which they won in 2001 in the doubles and with the team and once doubles bronze in 1997 .

The greatest success was winning the 2004 European championship in Oberhof in a two-seater. Both won the title with the team in 2002 and 2004. There is also silver with the doubles in 1998 and in the doubles in 2000, as well as with the team in 2000. In 2000/01 , Skel and Wöller won the overall World Cup . In 1999/2000 and 2001/02 they finished second behind their national long-term competitors Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch . Once, in 1993/94 , the two finished third. In 1993, 2000 and 2004 Skel / Wöller became German champions. In 2004 they ended their careers.

Skel, who also completed a training course at the Sport University in Cologne , was responsible for the German team of Sebastian Schmidt / André Forker for two years as a trainer and from 2007 onwards, was responsible for the junior team and worked there also supporting the national doubles squad.

Steffen Skel has been married to the skeleton pilot Diana Sartor since 2010 and has taken his wife's last name. They have two children together.

After further positions at the German Luge Federation (BSD) and the Swiss Luge Federation, he was hired to train the South Korean luge riders until 2018. After the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , Sartor returned to the Bobsleigh and Sled Association for Germany , where he became the head coach of the junior luge teams.

As a base trainer in Altenberg, Sartor looks after Jessica Degenhardt, among others .

successes

World Cup victories

Two-seater

No. date place train
1. Jan 16, 1994 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
2. Jan. 16, 1999 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
3. Nov 21, 1999 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
4th 0Dec 5, 1999 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee
5. Nov 26, 2000 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
6th 0Dec 3, 2000 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
7th Dec 16, 2001 GermanyGermany Oberhof Oberhof luge track
8th. Jan. 20, 2002 LatviaLatvia Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Kleinemas: Skeleton: Diana Sartor would drive pregnant again. In: welt.de . February 25, 2010, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Steffen Sartor now coach in South Korea. In: fil-luge.org. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, accessed on May 27, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sartor, Steffen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skel, Steffen (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German luge rider
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH bad Salzungen