Jessica Degenhardt

Jessica Degenhardt
	Degenhardt at the Luge World Championships 2022
Personal information
Born	21 April 2002 (age 22); Dresden, Germany
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Luge
Event(s)	Singles, Doubles
Club	RRC Altenberg
Coached by	Steffen Sartor
Medal record
Women's luge
Representing Germany
World Championships
European Championships
World Cup
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Junior World Championships

Last updated December 22, 2024

Jessica Doreen Degenhardt (born April 21, 2002) is a German luger. She is four-time Junior World Champion and won gold medal at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics at doubles' race and silver medal at the individual race. ^[1]^[2] She also retains the World Championships gold medal at 2022, 2023 in women's doubles discipline and Women's doubles' sprint discipline in 2023.

Career

Degenhardt started her luge career at PSV Elbe Dresden in 2010 when she was eight years old. Currently, she is a member of the RRC Altenberg club and German national team.^[2]

Youth and Junior career

Degenhardt kicked off her first season in the youth field (Youth B) in 2015/16. After successful season at Youth B division, she moved up to youth A division in the 2016/17 season. In this season, she finished the German championship in Winterberg as runner-up. She also secured the multiple victories in the Youth A World Cup including the Oberhof, Altenberg and Winterberg races and won the overall ranking of the World Cup.

In the 2017/18 season, she also competed in the Youth A division. At the German A-Youth Championships on her home track in Altenberg, she won the title and moved up to Junior division. At the 2018 Junior World Championships on her home track, she achieved bronze behind Jessica Tiebel and the Russian Tatjana Zwetowa.

In 2018/19 season, Degenhardt started to compete in the Junior World Cup. In Oberhof, she won her first race in the Junior World Cup and also won the relay race with the German team. She finished second in Winterberg and third in Calgary. In the overall standings, she was only beaten by the Russian Zwetowa by 15 points with 402 points. She also competed with Vanessa Schneider in the girls' doubles race, which was held for the first time this season. In their first race together in St. Moritz, they took silver behind their teammates Anka Jänicke and Saskia Schirmer.^[3] The end of the season, Degenhardt/Schneider won the two remaining races of the season in Winterberg and Oberhof and ended up second in the overall standings behind Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless. At the Junior World Championships 2019 in Igls, Degenhardt concluded the competition with third place behind Cheyenne Rosenthal and Verena Hofer.^[2]

In the 2019/20 season, she started with two wins in Igls, with Schneider in doubles and in singles. She also secured second place in the second individual race in Igls behind Kailey Allan from Canada. Degenhardt/Schneider won the overall World Cup for juniors with five victories in six races and 500 points. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, she was the German flag bearer in the opening ceremony. In Winter Youth Olympics individual race, she defeated to her teammate Merle Fräbel. However, one day later she won the first ever Olympic gold medal in the women's doubles with Schneider.^[4] In mid-February, Degenhardt won the gold medal at the 2020 Junior World Luge Championships in Oberhof in the individual^[5] ahead of the Russian Diana Loginowa and the Austrian Lisa Schulte, as well as together with Moritz Bollmann and the doubles Max Ewald and Jakob Jannusch in the team relay race.^[6] The 2020/21 junior season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so Degenhardt was unable to start a race.^[7]

Senior career

After Jessica Tiebel withdrew from the ongoing competitions of the 2019/20 season, Degenhardt moved up to the World Cup team for the last race of the season at Königssee after her outstanding performances in the youth and junior divisions in the season. In her first ever World Cup race, she completed with eleventh place, missing out on the top ten by just one place and 0.02 seconds compared to Sandra Robatscher. In the overall world cup ranking, she reached 43rd place with 34 points, tied with the Pole Natalia Jamróz.^[2]

At the inaugural doubles world championships in 2022 in Winterberg, Degenhardt won the title with her doubles partner Cheyenne Rosenthal.

Luge results

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).^[1]^[2]

World Championships

3 medal (3 gold)

Event	Age	Doubles	Doubles Sprint	Team relay
2022 Winterberg	19	Gold	—	—
2023 Oberhof	20	Gold	Gold	—
2024 Altenberg	21	13th	14th	—

World Cup

Singles

Season		Singles										Sprint				Team relay							Points	Overall	Singles	Sprint
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		1	2	3		1	2	3	4	5	6		Points	Overall	Singles	Sprint
2019–20		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11		—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—		34	43rd	—	—

Doubles

Season		Doubles										Sprint				Team relay							Points	Overall	Singles	Sprint
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		1	2	3		1	2	3	4	5	6		Points	Overall	Singles	Sprint
2022–23		2	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2		10	3	8		—	—	—	—	—	—		898	3rd	2nd	5th

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References

1 2 3 4 "Jessica Degenhardt". fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jessica Degenhardt". bsd-portal.de (in German). German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
↑ "JWC St.Moritz" . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
↑ Artrevolver (19 January 2020). "Tag 9 YOG: Medaillen im Rodeln und der NoKo" (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
↑ "Altenbergerin holt WM-Titel in Oberhof". Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
↑ "Das macht diese Rodlerin so erfolgreich". 26 February 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
↑ Alexander Hiller (24 March 2021). "Deutschlands Champion von morgen - ohne Wettkampf". saechsische.de. Sächsische Zeitung. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

External links

Jessica Degenhardt at FIL

Jessica Degenhardt at Olympedia
Jessica Degenhardt Archived 10 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine at the German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation

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[fil-profile-1] 1 2 3 4 "Jessica Degenhardt". fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[bsd-profile-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jessica Degenhardt". bsd-portal.de (in German). German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[3] "JWC St.Moritz" . Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[4] Artrevolver (19 January 2020). "Tag 9 YOG: Medaillen im Rodeln und der NoKo" (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[5] "Altenbergerin holt WM-Titel in Oberhof". Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[6] "Das macht diese Rodlerin so erfolgreich". 26 February 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[7] Alexander Hiller (24 March 2021). "Deutschlands Champion von morgen - ohne Wettkampf". saechsische.de. Sächsische Zeitung. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

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