Anna Berreiter

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Anna Berreiter
2020-02-01 Men's World Cup at 2019-20 Luge World Cup in Oberhof by Sandro Halank-092.jpg
Berreiter in 2020
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 (age 25)
Berchtesgaden, Germany [1]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb) [1]
Website annaberreiter.de
Sport
CountryGermany
Sport Luge
EventSingles
ClubRC Berchtesgaden [2]
Coached by Patric Leitner
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking2nd in Luge World Cup (2023–24)
Medal record
Women's luge
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Singles
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Oberhof Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Oberhof Team relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Königssee Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Oberhof Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Sigulda Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Sigulda Team relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Igls Singles
World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Singles556
Sprint002
Team relay330
Total888
  • Updated as of 3 March 2024

Anna Berreiter (born 3 September 1999) is a German luger. She is the 2023 World and European Champion and silver medallist at the 2022 Winter Olympics. A two-time Under-23 World Champion, Berreiter was also part of the German squad that took the World team relay title in 2023 and has won further 1 silver and 1 bronze medals in sprint discipline at the World Championships level. She is the youngest woman to win a Luge World Cup race, and so far, has won 5 individual races in her World Cup career.

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Career

Berreiter started luge when she was eight years old. She is a member of the RC Berchtesgaden club. [2]

Youth and junior career

Berreiter represented her country at various age categories. She made her debut in the Youth-A World Cup in December 2015 in her home track Königssee. She finished the first race in second-place while her teammates completed all-German top 5. [3] After a mediocre ninth-place in Innsbruck, she won the other two races of the season in Altenberg and Oberhof. [4] In the following season, Berreiter was promoted to the Junior World Cup but she was unable to fully match her impressive youth performance in her new age group. She was 16th in her first race in Innsbruck, and finished 5th and 6th respectively in Oberhof and Winterberg. [5]

In the 2017/18 season, after fifth-place finishes at the opening two races in Oberhof, Berreiter was runner-up to Jessica Tiebel in Königssee and reached her first podium in the junior level. In the following two races in Innsbruck, she achieved two more podium results by finishing third in both. She was 6th in the last World Cup race of the season in Winterberg, which was also the Junior European Championships, [6] and finished the season in third-place in the overall standings behind Cheyenne Rosenthal and Lisa Schulte. [7] At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Altenberg, Berreiter missed the medals and finished 5th despite recording the 2nd best time in her second run. [8]

Berreiter made a very successful start to her last junior season by winning the two singles races in Park City, [9] as well as the two team relay races. [10] [11] In the following race in Calgary she was second by only 0.002 seconds, [12] and she grabbed her fourth consecutive junior World Cup podium at the Junior European Championship race in St. Moritz with a third-place finish. [13] She was behind two other European athletes and therefore won the bronze medal, [14] which was her first ever international medal in any age group. [2] In the team relay, she won the European title with her teammates David Nößler, Hannes Orlamünder and Paul Gubitz. [14] In the Junior World Cup tour; Berreiter was the overall leader by 69 points before the season finale in Oberhof, but she gave away the title to Tatiana Tcvetova after crashing out in the first run, [15] and dropped to third place in the overall rankings. [16]

Berreiter at her first ever World Cup race in Innsbruck in 2019. 2019-11-22 Women's Nations Cup at 2019-20 Luge World Cup in Igls by Sandro Halank-230.jpg
Berreiter at her first ever World Cup race in Innsbruck in 2019.

Senior career

2019/20 season: World Cup debut and first victory

Berreiter advanced to the German senior World Cup team in 2019/20 season following the retirement of Tatjana Hüfner and the maternity leaves of the Olympic medalists Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger. [17] [18] She made her World Cup debut on 23 November 2019 in Innsbruck, the first race of the season, and finished the race in seventh-place. [19] Before the third stage of the season in Whistler, Berreiter – as a newcomer – had to qualify for the main race through the Nations Cup due to her lack of sufficient World Cup points from the previous races. In Whistler, despite her little experience in North American tracks, she was able to win the Nations Cup race and earned her first success in senior level. [20] In the singles race she finished second to Tatiana Ivanova and reached the first World Cop podium of her career in her 3rd ever World Cup singles race. [21] She followed that up with a fifth-place finish in the sprint race which was her seasons best in this discipline. [19]

On 2 February 2020, Berreiter celebrated her first World Cup victory in Oberhof. [22] She became the youngest ever female luger to win a World Cup race at the age of 20 years and 152 days, overtaking Natalie Geisenberger who won her first race when she was 20 years and 313 days. [23] After setting the fastest time in both of the runs in the singles race, [24] Berreiter earned her spot in the team relay squad and helped Germany to capture their first team relay victory of the season. [25]

Luge results

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD). [19] [2]

Olympic Games

EventAgeSinglesTeam relay
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 22 Silver —

World Championships

EventAgeSinglesSprintTeam relay
Flag of Russia.svg 2020 Sochi 20 6th 9th —
Flag of Germany.svg 2021 Königssee 21 4th Silver —
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 Oberhof 23 Gold Bronze Gold
Flag of Germany.svg 2024 Altenberg 24 — 13th —

World Cup

SeasonSinglesSprintTeam relayPointsOverallSinglesSprint
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2019–20 Flag of Austria.svg
7		 Flag of United States.svg
15		 Flag of Canada.svg
2		 Flag of Germany.svg
10		 Flag of Norway.svg
13		 Flag of Latvia.svg
10		 Flag of Germany.svg
1		 Flag of Germany.svg
5		 Flag of Germany.svg
1		 Flag of United States.svg
11		 Flag of Canada.svg
5		 Flag of Latvia.svg
11		 Flag of Austria.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Norway.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
1		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
1		6374th—7th
2020–21 Flag of Austria.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
9		 Flag of Germany.svg
4		 Flag of Latvia.svg
17		 Flag of Germany.svg
3		 Flag of Austria.svg
–		 Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
–		 Flag of Austria.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
13		 Flag of Austria.svg
–		 Flag of Austria.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Latvia.svg
–		 Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
CNX		22319th19th20th
2021–22 Flag of China.svg
4		 Flag of Russia.svg
1		 Flag of Russia.svg
4		 Flag of Germany.svg
3		 Flag of Austria.svg
4		 Flag of Germany.svg
4		 Flag of Latvia.svg
10		 Flag of Germany.svg
3		 Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
7		 Flag of Russia.svg
5		 Flag of Austria.svg
3		 Flag of Latvia.svg
10		 Flag of China.svg
–		 Flag of Russia.svg
2		 Flag of Germany.svg
–		 Flag of Germany.svg
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2022–23 Flag of Austria.svg
5		 Flag of Canada.svg
5		 Flag of United States.svg
4		 Flag of Latvia.svg
4		 Flag of Latvia.svg
1		 Flag of Germany.svg
2		 Flag of Germany.svg
2		 Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
3		 Flag of Germany.svg
3		 Flag of Austria.svg
9		 Flag of United States.svg
5		 Flag of Germany.svg
5 		Flag of Canada.svg
–		 Flag of Latvia.svg
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2		 Flag of Germany.svg
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2		7893rd3rd6th
Standings through 29 January 2023

European Championships

U23 World Championships

Junior World Championships

Junior European Championships

German Championships

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