FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1996

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The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1996 took place in Oberperfuss, Austria.

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Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Austria.svg  Gerhard Pilz  (AUT)
SilverFlag of Italy.svg  Anton Blasbichler  (ITA)
BronzeFlag of Italy.svg  Franz Obrist  (ITA)

Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Austria.svg  Irene Zechner  (AUT)
SilverFlag of Austria.svg  Elvira Holzknecht  (AUT)
BronzeFlag of Austria.svg  Sandra Mariner  (AUT)

Men's doubles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (Reinhard Beer, Herbert Kögl)
SilverFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (Andi Ruetz, Helmut Ruetz)
BronzeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (Martin Psenner, Arthur Konig)

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3 2 1 6
2 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0 1 2 3

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The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1979. These championships are shown for natural tracks. See FIL World Luge Championships for all artificial track events that have taken place since 1955.

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL), have taken place since 1970. A team event was added for the 2010 championships. For information on artificial track luge championships in Europe that have been contested since 1914, please see FIL European Luge Championships.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1979 took place in Inzing, Austria.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1980 took place in Passeier, Italy.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1982 took place in Feld am See, Austria.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1984 took place in Kreuth, West Germany.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1986 took place in Fénis-Aosta, Italy.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1990 took place in Gsies, Italy.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1992 took place in Bad Goisern, Austria.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1994 took place in Gsies, Italy. This was the second time the city had hosted the event having done so in 1990.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1998 took place in Rautavaara, Finland. It marked the first time the championships were held outside the traditional locations of Austria, Germany, or Italy.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2000 took place in Olang-Valdaora, Italy.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2001 took place in Stein an der Enns, Austria. This marked the first time the championships were held in consecutive years since the first two championships were held in 1979 and 1980. The mixed team event was added to these championships.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2003 took place in Železniki, Slovenia.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2005 took place in Latsch, Italy.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2007 took place in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It was the first time that the championships were held outside Europe.

The FIL World Luge Championships 1981 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time. Hammarstrand had hosted the event previously in 1967 and 1975. It also marked the last time the event took place on a natural track until 2000 with events now moving to the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships which debuted in 1979.

Erich Graber was an Italian luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. A natural track luger, he won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2009 took place 12-15 February 2009 in Moos, Italy. This was the second time the city hosted the event having done so in 1980.

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2011 took place 26-30 January in Umhausen, Austria.

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