Max Langenhan

Max Langenhan

Max Langenhan in 2021
Personal information
Born	(1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 24) [1] Friedrichroda, Germany
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Luge
Event	Singles
Club	BRC 05 Friedrichroda [2]
Medal record Men's luge Representing   Germany World Championships 2023 Oberhof Team relay 2024 Alternberg Singles 2024 Altenberg Team relay 2023 Oberhof Singles 2024 Alternberg Sprint 2023 Oberhof Sprint European Championships 2023 Sigulda Singles 2023 Sigulda Team relay 2024 Igls Team relay 2024 Igls Singles Junior World Championships 2018 Altenberg Singles 2018 Altenberg Team relay 2019 Innsbruck Singles 2017 Sigulda Team relay 2019 Innsbruck Team relay 2017 Sigulda Singles

Max Langenhan (born 21 February 1999) is a German luger who competes for the BRC 05 Friedrichroda club and German national team. ^{[1] [2]}

He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics. ^[3]

Career

Youth and Junior career

Max Langenhan was successful at national level at early years of his career and made his international debut in January 2015 in the Youth A World Cup. In his debut race in Oberhof, he took second place just behind his compatriot German luger Lucas Geyer. In the next two races of the season, he secured third and second place in Igls and Winterberg, respectively. In just three races he finished seventh overall. In that season, he finished seventh overall after only three races.

In 2015/16 season, Langenhan advanced to the Junior World Cup. After a fall at the start of the season in Lillehammer, he finished third place behind Daniil Lebedev and Jonas Müller on the Sigulda track. He didn't finish on the podium again in the rest of the season, although he never finished worse than eighth place. During the season Langenhan contested first international competitions. At the 2016 European Junior Championships he finished fifth in Altenberg and sixth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Winterberg. In the overall ranking of the Junior World Cup, he also finished sixth.

The 2016/17 season was exceptionally successful for Langenhan. He won gold medal at the 2017 Junior European Championships in singles discipline and also won the gold medal with Jessica Tiebel and the doubles Hannes Orlamünder and Paul Gubitz in the team relay race. At the 2017 Junior World Championships in Sigulda, where Langenhan won the bronze medal behind Kristers Aparjods and Nico Gleirscher. In addition, he also took silver medal with Tiebel and Orlamünder/Gubitz in the team relay behind the representative from Russia.

The 2017/18 season was Langenhan's last at junior level. He won all the races he competed for including the two races in Oberhof, the race at Königssee, two races in Igls and in Winterberg. In Igls and in Winterberg he also won with the German team relay, which included Cheyenne Rosenthal and Orlamünder/Gubitz in Igls, Rosenthal in Winterberg as well as Hendrik Seibert and Calvin Luke Meister. The races in Winterberg were also the Junior European Championships 2018. At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Altenberg, Langenhan won the title in the singles ahead of his compatriots David Nößler, Paul-Lukas Heider and Moritz Bollmann. He also won the team relay title with Tiebel and Orlamünder/Gubitz. ^[4]

Senior career

In 2018-19 season, he promoted to the World cup team after Andi Langenhan, who is not related to Max, resigned ^[5] and Ralf Palik's retirement. He finished 12th place in his debut World Cup race in Innsbruck. During the season, Langenhan competed in Igls for the last time at the Junior World Championships. On the Innsbruck track he defended his title from last year in front of Bastian Schulte and Lukas Gufler in singles discipline and won the silver medal behind Austria in the team relay race with Cheyenne Rosenthal, and doubles Hannes Orlamünder/Paul Gubitz. In Oberhof, he returned to the World Cup in 22nd place after missing the Altenberg race due to the Junior World Championships. He finished eighth in the overall Sprint World Cup standings and 17th in the overall World Cup standings with 300 points. ^[2]

The 2020 European Championships held in Lillehammer, where he finished 11th place. In the overall World Cup standings, Langenhan finished ninth with 462 points in the 2019-20 season.

In the 2020-21 season, he achieved his first ever podium finish in singles race on the Altenberg track. At the sprint race in Winterberg he celebrated the first World Cup victory of his career. ^[6] At the 2021 Luge World Championships in Königssee, he just missed the podium with fourth place. In the overall World Cup rankings, he achieved fourth place thus the best position in his career so far.

The 2021/22 season started with the German Championships in Altenberg, where Langenhan won the silver medal in the singles. With the team relay around Cheyenne Rosenthal and Robin Geueke as well as David Gamm he also achieved the bronze medal. ^[7] At the first World Cup race on the Olympic track in Beijing, he finished on the podium for the third time in his career behind a German lugers Johannes Ludwig and Felix Loch.

At the 2023 Luge World Championships in Oberhof, Langenhan won the team relay title with Anna Berreiter and doubles Benecken/Eggert, silver medal in the individual race and bronze in the sprint competition.

Langerhan started off the 2023-24 Luge World Cup season by winning its first race in Lake Placid. ^[8]

He competed at the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships and won gold medals in the singles and the team relay events, and a silver medal in the sprint event. ^{[9] [10]}

Luge results

World Championships

• 6 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	Singles	Sprint	Team relay
2020 Sochi	20	21st	23rd	—
2021 Königssee	21	4th	6th	—
2023 Oberhof	23	Silver	Bronze	Gold
2024 Altenberg	24	Gold	Silver	Gold

World Cup

Season		Singles										Sprint				Team relay							Points	Overall	Singles	Sprint
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		1	2	3		1	2	3	4	5	6
2018–19		12	–	16	14	15	15	–	22	10		6	14	13		–	–	–	–	–	–		—	17th	8th	—
2019–20		12	9	11	6	12	11	12	7	7		10	8	9		–	–	–	–	–	–		462	9th	4th	—
2020–21		11	2	9	11	7	10	5	8	2		11	1	5		–	–	–	–	–	CNX		637	4th	5th	4th
2021–22		3	4	7	1	–	10	7	2	7		4	–	8		–	–	1	–	–	–		599	7th	5th	13th
2022–23		–	–	–	2	1	1	1	1	1		–	–	1		–	–	2	2	1	2		685	3rd	3rd	11

References

1. "Max Langenhan". fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2023.
2. "Max Langenhan". bsd-portal.de (in German). German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2023.
3. "Max Langenhan". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
4. "JWM Rodeln: Gold für Nagler/Malleier und das deutsche Team – ENSO Eiskanal Altenberg" . Retrieved 2023-01-30.
5. "Max & Andi, die zwei Langenhans" (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-23.
6. "Sensationell - Langenhan holt ersten Weltcupsieg!". Thüringer Allgemeine. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
7. Heike Gruner (2021-10-24). "Rennrodeln: Taubitz, Ludwig und Eggert/Benecken gewinnen Deutsche Meisterschaft 2021". bsd-portal.de. Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
8. https://www.slidingonice.com/?p=11276
9. "Just like in the World Cup: Max Langenhan also confident at World Championships in Altenberg". fil-luge.org. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
10. "Germany triumphs in the Team Relay at the end of the World Championships". fil-luge.org. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

External links

• Max Langenhan at FIL
• Max Langenhan at Olympics.com
• Max Langenhan at Olympedia
• Max Langenhan at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
• Max Langenhan at the Bob und Schlittenverband Deutschland (in German)