Tobias Wendl
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nation | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 16th June 1987 (age 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Aachen , Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 184 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
job | Sports soldier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Two-seater | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | RC Berchtesgaden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: February 3, 2020 |
Tobias Wendl (born June 16, 1987 in Aachen ) is a German luge athlete . In 2014 and 2018 he and his partner Tobias Arlt became Olympic champion in the double competition and in the team relay.
Career
Tobias Wendl is a sports soldier in the Bundeswehr and lives in Berchtesgaden . He starts for the RC Berchtesgaden and has been running luge since 1994. He drives two-seater luge with Tobias Arlt . In 2005 and 2006 the doubles won the title at the Junior World Championships, in 2007 they came second and in 2004 third. In addition, he won the team title in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2005/06 they won the overall ranking of the Junior World Cup, in 2004/05 and 2006/07 they took second place.
The duo has been competing in the World Cup since the 2006/07 season . In their first race in Winterberg they finished 12th. At their first Luge World Championships in 2007 , Wendl / Arlt finished ninth. They achieved their first World Cup top ten placement at the start of the following season in Lake Placid as seventh place. At Königssee they achieved a podium finish for the first time in second place behind Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch . In the overall standings, after they were used in all races of the season and achieved single-digit placings, they finished fifth and finally established themselves as the third toboggan double in Germany behind Leitner / Resch and André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich in the World Cup. At the Luge World Championships in Oberhof in 2008 they won silver behind Florschütz / Wustlich and thus ensured a complete German triumph at this World Championship. In the 2008/09 season, Wendl / Arlt finally established themselves among the world's best and came fourth in the overall standings. In Oberhof they won a world cup race for the first time. At the World Championships in Lake Placid, Wendl / Arlt came in seventh. Wendl / Arlt finished fourth in the overall World Cup in the 2009/10 season as well . They won two world cup races in Königssee and Cesana Torinese . At the highlight of the season, the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver , the doubles could not take part because the world-class doubles Leitner / Resch and Florschütz / Wustlich were set as the winner and runner-up of the World Cup. Both doubles ended their careers after the season. This means that since the 2010/11 season, Wendl and Arlt have been Germany's new top double in luge. In the 2010/11 season she won four World Cups and made it onto the podium seven times. They won the overall World Cup with it. Furthermore, they won five times with the relay. After a weak start to the 2011/12 season with fourth and sixth place, they won in Calgary and at Königssee . Five more podium finishes in the World Cup followed, including another win in Winterberg. With the relay he reached the podium four times, one victory. At the European Luge Championships 2012 in Paramonowo, which was also classified as a World Cup race, they won the silver medal in both the doubles and the relay. At the highlight of the season, the Luge World Championships 2012 in Altenberg , they came fourth and missed a medal by seven thousandths of a second. In the overall World Cup, the Linger / Linger took second place, ten points behind .
At the beginning of the 2012/13 season , Wendl / Arlt won five World Cup races in a row until they were beaten by the Eggert / Benecken doubles in the World Cup race on January 12, 2013 in Oberhof, which was also classified as the European Championship . With victories in the last two races of the season, they won the overall ranking in the World Cup. At the 2013 World Championships in Whistler, Wendl / Arlt secured the title for the first time, which they also achieved with the team relay. In the winter of 2013/14 they were able to win the World Cup again with six wins . At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi , Tobias Wendl and his partner Tobias Arlt won the gold medal by a large margin. In the 2014/15 season they came in 12 World Cup races, eleven times on the podium and six times in first place. In the overall World Cup they finished second, 16 points behind Eggert / Bennecken. They won four times with the relay. At the 2015 Luge World Championships in Sigulda , they won the gold medal in the doubles and in the relay.
Wendl / Arlt also achieved successes nationally. At the German championships they took third place in 2007 and 2008, and in 2010 they were runner-up behind Florschütz / Wustlich. In 2011 they were able to win the title for the first time. They also belonged to the winning team relay together with Natalie Geisenberger and Felix Loch .
In 2014 he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his sporting success .
successes
Olympic games
- 2014 Sochi : two-seater and team relay
- 2018 Pyeongchang : two-seater and team relay
World championships
- 2007 Igls : 9th place double-seater
- 2008 Oberhof : two-seater
- 2009 Lake Placid : 7th place doubles
- 2011 Cesana : DNF (overturned) two-seater
- 2012 Altenberg : 4th place doubles
- 2013 Whistler : Doubles and Team Relay
- 2015 Sigulda : two-seater and team relay
- 2016 Königssee : two-seater and sprint and team relay
- 2017 Igls : Sprint two-seater
- 2019 Winterberg : two-seater and sprint
- For his sporting success he received the silver bay leaf .
Overall World Cup
season | space | Points |
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2006/07 | 29 | 57 |
2007/08 | 5. | 470 |
2008/09 | 4th | 521 |
2009/10 | 4th | 526 |
2010/11 | 1. | 746 |
2011/12 | 2. | 720 |
2012/13 | 1. | 827 |
2013/14 | 1. | 770 |
2014/15 | 2. | 1055 |
2015/16 | 1. | 1037 |
2016/17 | 2. | 888 |
2017/18 | 2. | 911 |
2018/19 | 3. | 790 |
World Cup victories
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2With Tobias Arlt, David Möller and Natalie Geisenberger.
4thWith Tobias Arlt, Johannes Ludwig and Tatjana Hüfner.
5With Tobias Arlt, Andi Langenhan and Tatjana Hüfner.
6th With Tobias Arlt, David Möller and Tatjana Hüfner.
7thWith Tobias Arlt, Felix Loch and Anke Wischnewski .
8th With Tobias Arlt, David Möller and Anke Wischnewski.
9 With Tobias Arlt, Felix Loch and Natalie Geisenberger.
10With Tobias Arlt, Ralf Palik and Natalie Geisenberger.
11With Tobias Arlt, Felix Loch and Dajana Eitberger .
12With Tobias Arlt, Felix Loch and Julia Taubitz .
13With Tobias Arlt, Johannes Ludwig and Anna Berreiter .
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Web links
- Homepage of the Wendl / Arlt team
- Tobias Wendl in the database of the International Luge Federation
- Wendl at rennrodeln.info
- Tobias Wendl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. The Federal President , May 5, 2014, accessed on March 15, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Wendl, Tobias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German luge rider |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |