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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1991 Ilmenau, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Luge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Singles, Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dajana Eitberger (born 7 January 1991) is a German luger. [1] She currently represents Germany in the women's doubles event in the Luge World Cup.
During the 2014–15 Luge World Cup season she was victorious in one event which was the final race of the season in Sochi. During that season she came in second twice and third four time and finished second in the overall standing behind her teammate, Natalie Geisenberger. [2] The event in Sochi and doubled as the European championship and as such she is the current European champion. [3]
During the 2015–16 Luge World Cup Eitberger was on the winners platform on the podium once (at the season opener in Igls), [4] was second twice and third three times. She once again finished the season sixth in the standings.
Eitberger won the silver medal at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, again behind Natalie Geisenberger. She missed the 2019/20 season due to childbirth, subsequently returned to competition, but finished the 2021–22 Luge World Cup outside of the top ten, and did not qualify for the 2022 Olympics. [5]
She competed at the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the team relay. [6]
| Year | Age | Singles | Sprint | Doubles | Doubles sprint | Team relay |
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 2015 Sigulda | 24 | 6th | — | — | — | — |
 2016 Königssee | 25 | 20th | Bronze | — | — | — |
 2017 Innsbruck | 26 | 9th | 5th | — | — | — |
| 2019 Winterberg | 28 | 12th | Bronze | — | — | — |
 2020 Sochi | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 Königssee | 30 | Bronze | Bronze | — | — | — |
| 2023 Oberhof | 31 | Bronze | Gold | — | — | — |
| 2024 Altenberg | 33 | — | — | 6th | 5th | Gold |
| Season | Singles | Sprint | Team relay | Points | Overall | Singles | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2012–13 |  – |  – | – |  – | – | 4 | – |  – |  – | — | — | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | 35th | 35th | — | ||||
| 2013–14 |  40 | 4 | 9 |  7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 432 | 5th | 5th | — | ||||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 851 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | N/A | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 712 | 6th | 1st | |||||
| 2016–17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 16 | – | 4 |  8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | – | N/A | – | – | – | – | – | – | 553 | 7th | NC | |||||
| 2017–18 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | DNF | 4 | 9 | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 754 | 2nd | 2nd | NC | ||||
| 2018–19 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | N/A | – | – | – | – | – | – | 631 | 4th | 4th | 2nd | ||||
| 2020–21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 |  4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | N/A | – | – | 1 | – | – | CNX | 698 | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | ||||
| 2021–22 |  5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | – | DNF | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | N/A | – | – | – | – | – | – | 270 | 18th | 19th | 13rd | ||||
| 2022–23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 852 | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||||
Note: Prior to 2020/21 season, to be classified in sprint standings athletes must compete on all sprint events throughout the season.
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