| Doubles at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 15 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:44.260 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Singles | boys | girls | |
| Doubles | open | ||
| Relay | mixed | ||
The doubles luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics took place on 15 February at the Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track. [1]
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank 1 | Run 2 | Rank 2 | Total | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8 | Felix Schwarz Lukas Gufler |  | 52.200 | 1 | 52.060 | 1 | 1:44.260 | – |
 | 10 | Hannes Orlamünder Paul Gubitz |  | 52.599 | 2 | 52.515 | 3 | 1:45.114 | +0.854 |
 | 3 | Vsevolod Kashkin Konstantin Korshunov |  | 52.896 | 4 | 52.376 | 2 | 1:45.272 | +1.012 |
| 4 | 11 | Vasile Marian Gîtlan Flavius Ion Crăciun |  | 52.772 | 3 | 52.707 | 4 | 1:45.479 | +1.219 |
| 5 | 9 | Matt Riddle Adam Shippit |  | 53.046 | 5 | 52.909 | 5 | 1:45.955 | +1.695 |
| 6 | 4 | Tomáš Vaverčák Matej Zmij |  | 53.405 | 6 | 53.663 | 6 | 1:47.068 | +2.808 |
| 7 | 5 | Jakob Schmid Juri Gatt |  | 53.699 | 7 | 53.883 | 9 | 1:47.582 | +3.322 |
| 8 | 7 | Duncan Biles Alanson Owen |  | 54.056 | 8 | 54.068 | 10 | 1:48.124 | +3.864 |
| 9 | 1 | Aksels Tupe Kaspars Šļahota |  | 54.350 | 10 | 53.819 | 8 | 1:48.169 | +3.909 |
| 10 | 2 | Artur Zubel Daniel Rola |  | 54.395 | 12 | 54.147 | 11 | 1:48.542 | +4.282 |
| 11 | 6 | Roman Yefremov Denis Tatyanchenko |  | 54.235 | 9 | 54.725 | 13 | 1:48.960 | +4.700 |
| 12 | 12 | Filip Vejdělek Zdeněk Pěkný |  | 54.371 | 11 | 54.608 | 12 | 1:48.979 | +4.719 |
| 13 | 13 | Andriy Lysetskyy Myroslav Levkovych |  | 57.218 | 13 | 53.749 | 7 | 1:50.967 | +6.707 |
Georg Hackl is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.
The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. The only competitor sent by the USVI was Anne Abernathy, who broke her wrist in a practice run and was therefore unable to compete.
Armin Zöggeler OMRI is a retired Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed Il Cannibale, for his notable series of victories, or The Iceblood Champion, for his always cold, rational approach to the races. Fellow luger Tucker West described Zöggeler as the sport's equivalent of Michael Jordan.
Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and together with Jennifer Isacco she won the bronze in Turin in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was the first Italian sportsperson to win Olympic medals in two disciplines.
Tatjana Hüfner is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003.
Luge is a winter sport featured at the Winter Olympic Games where a competitor or two-person team rides a flat sled while lying supine and feet first. The sport is usually contested on a specially designed ice track that allows gravity to increase the sled's speed. The winner normally completes the route with the fastest overall time. It was first contested at the 1964 Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's events and a doubles event. Doubles is technically considered an open event since 1994, but only men have competed in it. German lugers have dominated the competition, winning 81 medals of 141 possible.
Stefan Krauße is an East German-German luger who competed from the mid-1980s to 1998. Together with Jan Behrendt he won two Olympic gold medals, one silver medal (1988) and one bronze (1994) in men's doubles.
Markus Prock is an Austrian luger who competed between 1983 and 2002. Born in Innsbruck, Prock competed in six Winter Olympics winning three medals in the men's singles event with two silvers and one bronze (2002).
Walter Plaikner is an Italian former luger and coach of Austrian descent who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a doubles specialist, and competed alongside Paul Hildgartner. They won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Plaikner also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he finished 11th in the doubles after suffering from a severe bout of flu. He retired from competition after the Games.
Andris Šics is a Latvian luger. He competed in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, and won a silver medal in the men's doubles event in 2010 and two bronze medals in 2014, alongside his teammate and elder brother Juris Šics. The Šics brothers' three medals mean they have won more Olympic medals than any other Latvian sportsperson.
The Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Schönau am Königsee, Germany. It is located near Königssee. Completed in 1968, it is the first permanent, artificially refrigerated bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in the world.
Felix Loch is a German luger and Olympic champion. He has been competing since 1995 and has been on the German national team since 2006. He has won fourteen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with twelve golds and two silvers. Loch's men's singles win in 2008 made him the youngest world champion ever at 18 years old. He is the youngest Olympic Gold Medalist in men's luge history. As of 2014, Loch is a triple Olympic gold medalist.
Tobias Arlt is a German luger who has competed since 1991, acting as a backdriver. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships, a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Tobias Wendl is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.
The Utah Olympic Park Track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in the Utah Olympic Park, near Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 Winter Olympics, held nearby in Salt Lake City, the track hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events. Today the track still serves as a training center for Olympic and development level athletes, and hosts numerous local and international competitions.
The Whistler Sliding Centre is a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, that is 125 km (78 mi) north of Vancouver. The centre is part of the Whistler Blackcomb resort, which comprises two ski mountains separated by Fitzsimmons Creek. Located on the lowermost slope of the northern mountain, Whistler Sliding Centre hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track is a bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track located at Hunderfossen in Lillehammer, Norway, 15 kilometers (9 mi) north of the town center of Lillehammer. It was completed in 1992 for the 1994 Winter Olympics, where it hosted the bobsleigh events and luge events. It has since also hosted the FIBT World Championships 1995 in skeleton and the FIL World Luge Championships 1995, and hosted 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Nodar Kumaritashvili was a Georgian luge athlete who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on the day of the opening ceremony. He became the fourth athlete to die during preparations for a Winter Olympics, and the seventh athlete to die in either a Summer or Winter Olympic Games.
Tonga sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014. This was the Pacific island nation's debut at the Winter Olympic Games. The Tongan delegation consisted of one luge athlete, Bruno Banani, who had changed his name in a marketing gimmick to match that of German brand Bruno Banani. In his event, the men's singles, he came in 32nd place out of 39 competitors.