Tobias Wendl

Tobias Wendl
nation	Germany
birthday	16th June 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Aachen ,  Germany
size	184 cm
Weight	88 kg
job	Sports soldier
Career
discipline	Two-seater
society	RC Berchtesgaden
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 4 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 8 × 4 × 0 × EM medals 4 × 6 × 2 × JWM medals 5 × 1 × 1 ×
winter Olympics gold 2014 Sochi Two-seater gold 2014 Sochi team gold 2018 Pyeongchang Two-seater gold 2018 Pyeongchang team  Luge World Championships silver 2008 Oberhof Two-seater gold 2013 Whistler Two-seater gold 2013 Whistler team gold 2015 Sigulda Two-seater gold 2015 Sigulda team gold 2016 Königssee Two-seater gold 2016 Königssee Double-seater sprint gold 2016 Königssee team gold 2017 Igls Double-seater sprint silver 2017 Igls Two-seater silver 2019 Winterberg Two-seater silver 2019 Winterberg Double-seater sprint  European Luge Championships silver 2010 Sigulda Two-seater bronze 2010 Sigulda team silver 2012 Paramonowo Two-seater silver 2012 Paramonowo team silver 2013 Oberhof Two-seater gold 2015 Sochi Two-seater silver 2016 Altenberg Two-seater gold 2017 Königssee Two-seater gold 2017 Königssee Season bronze 2018 Sigulda Two-seater gold 2019 Oberhof Two-seater silver 2019 Oberhof team  Junior Luge World Championships gold 2004 Calgary team bronze 2004 Calgary Double gold 2005 Winterberg Double gold 2005 Winterberg team gold 2006 Altenberg Double gold 2006 Altenberg team silver 2007 Cesana Double
Placements in the Luge World Cup
Debut in the World Cup 2007  World Cup victories 44 (without relay)  Overall World Cup DS 1. ( 2010/11 , 2012/13 , 2013/14 , 2015/16 )  Challenge Cup DS 5th ( 2008/09 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Two-seater 40 21st 9  Sprint two-seater 4th 5 5  Challenge Cup doubles 0 0 2  Team relay 29 6th 3
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.

with double partner Tobias Arlt at the World Cup in Altenberg in Feb. 2015

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
2006/07	29	0057
2007/08	5.	0470
2008/09	4th	0521
2009/10	4th	0526
2010/11	1.	0746
2011/12	2.	0720
2012/13	1.	0827
2013/14	1.	0770
2014/15	2.	1055
2015/16	1.	1037
2016/17	2.	0888
2017/18	2.	0911
2018/19	3.	0790

World Cup victories

Two-seater

Team relay

No. date place train 1. Jan. 17, 2009  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 2. Jan. 22, 2010  Koenigssee Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee 3. Jan. 31, 2010  Cesana Cesana Pariol 4th 0Dec 4, 2010  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 5. Dec 10, 2010  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 6th 0Jan. 5, 2011  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 7th Jan 15, 2011  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 8th. Dec 16, 2011  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 9. 0Jan. 5, 2012  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 10. Jan. 21, 2012  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 11. Nov 24, 2012  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 12. 0Dec 1, 2012  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 13. 0Dec 8, 2012  Altenberg DKB ice channel 14th Dec 15, 2012  Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track 15th Jan 15, 2013  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 36. 0Feb 9, 2013  Lake Placid Olympic bobsleigh track Lake Placid 17th 23 Feb 2013  Sochi Sliding Center Sanki 18th Nov 18, 2013  Lillehammer Hunderfossen bobsleigh and sled run 19th Nov 30, 2013  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 20th 0Dec 6, 2013  Whistler Whistler Sliding Center 21st Dec 13, 2013  Park City Park City bobsleigh 22nd 0Jan. 4, 2014  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 23. Jan. 18, 2014  Altenberg DKB ice channel 24. Dec 24, 2014  Calgary (Sprint) Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 25th 0Jan. 3, 2015  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 26th Jan. 17, 2015  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 27. Jan. 31, 2015  Lillehammer Hunderfossen bobsleigh and sled run 28. Feb 21, 2015  Altenberg DKB ice channel 29 Feb 28, 2015  Sochi Sliding Center Sanki 30th Dec 12, 2015  Park City Park City bobsleigh 31. 19 Dec 2015  Calgary (Sprint) Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 32. 0Jan. 9, 2016  Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track 33. Jan. 17, 2016  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 34. Jan. 17, 2016  Oberhof (sprint) Oberhof luge track 35. 0Jan. 6, 2017  Sochi Sliding Center Sanki 37. 0Jan. 5, 2017  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 38. 04th Feb 2017  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 39. Nov 26, 2017  Winterberg (Sprint) Winterberg bobsleigh run 40. 0Jan. 7, 2018  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 41. 07th Dec 2018  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 42. 09 Feb 2019  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 43. Nov 30, 2019  Lake Placid Olympic bobsleigh track Lake Placid 44. 0Feb. 1, 2020  Oberhof Oberhof luge track

No. date place train 1. Jan. 17, 2009  Oberhof Luge track Oberhof 1 2. Jan 25, 2009  Altenberg Altenberg racing sledge and bobsleigh run 2 3. 0Dec 6, 2009  Altenberg Altenberg racing sledge and bobsleigh run 3 4th 0Jan. 3, 2010  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 3 5. Jan. 10, 2010  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 4 6th Nov 28, 2010  innsbruck Artificial ice rink bobsleigh Igls 5 7th 0Dec 5, 2010  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 6 8th. 0Jan. 6, 2011  Koenigssee Artificial ice rink Königssee 1 9. Jan. 16, 2011  Oberhof Oberhof Luge Track 3 10. Jan. 23, 2011  Altenberg Altenberg racing sledge and bobsleigh run 3 11. Jan. 22, 2012  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 7 12. Nov 25, 2012  innsbruck Artificial ice rink bobsleigh Igls 9 13. 0Dec 9, 2012  Altenberg DKB ice channel 9 14th Dec 16, 2012  Sigulda Sigulda 9 luge and bobsleigh run 15th 0Jan. 9, 2013  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 2 16. 0Feb 9, 2013  Lake Placid Olympic bobsleigh run Lake Placid 10 17th Feb. 24, 2013  Sochi Sliding Center Sanki 5 18th 0Dec 7, 2013  Whistler Whistler Sliding Center 9 19th Dec 14, 2013  Park City Park City Bobsleigh Track 9 20th 0Jan. 5, 2014  Koenigssee Artificial ice rink Königssee 9 21st 0Jan. 4, 2015  Koenigssee Artificial ice rink Königssee 9 22nd Jan. 18, 2015  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 9 23. 0Feb. 1, 2015  Lillehammer Hunderfossen 11 bobsleigh and racing sled run 24. Feb 28, 2015  Sochi Sliding Center Sanki 11 25th Jan. 10, 2016  Sigulda Sigulda 3 luge and bobsleigh run 26th 0Jan. 6, 2017  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 10 27. 0Feb. 5, 2017  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 9 28. 0Dec 8, 2018  Calgary Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh and sled run 12 29 0Feb. 2, 2020  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 13 1With Tobias Arlt , Jan Eichhorn and Natalie Geisenberger . 2With Tobias Arlt, David Möller and Natalie Geisenberger. 3With Tobias Arlt, Felix Loch and Tatjana Hüfner . 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 .

Web links

Commons : Tobias Wendl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 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

1. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. The Federal President , May 5, 2014, accessed on March 15, 2020 .