FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2003

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

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Men's singles

MedalAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Austria.svg  Robert Batkowski  (AUT)
SilverFlag of Austria.svg  Gerhard Pilz  (AUT)
BronzeFlag of Austria.svg  Gerald Kallan  (AUT)

Women's singles

MedalAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Italy.svg  Sonja Steinacher  (ITA)
SilverFlag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Lavrentyeva  (RUS)
BronzeFlag of Italy.svg  Irene Mitterstieler  (ITA)

Men's doubles

MedalAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (Wolfgang Schopf, Andreas Schopf)
SilverFlag of Russia.svg  Russia (Pavel Porzhnev, Ivan Lazarev)
BronzeFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (Harald Kleinhofer, Gerhard Mühlbacher)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)2125
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1012
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0202
Totals (3 Nations)3339

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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.

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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.

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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.

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