Sascha Benecken

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Sascha Benecken
2018-11-24 Doubles World Cup at 2018-19 Luge World Cup in Igls by Sandro Halank-220.jpg
Benecken in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 34)
Suhl, East Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
Sport Luge
EventDoubles
ClubRodelteam Suhl SV EGS 48 e.V.
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Doubles
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Altenberg Team relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Igls Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Igls Team relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Winterberg Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Winterberg Doubles' sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Sochi Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Sochi Team relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Königssee Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Oberhof Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Oberhof Doubles' sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Oberhof Team relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 AltenbergDoubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Whistler Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Königssee Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Königssee Team relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 Igls Doubles' sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Winterberg Team relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Königssee Doubles' sprint
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Oberhof Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 OberhofTeam relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Altenberg Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 AltenbergTeam relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Sigulda Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 St. Moritz Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Königssee Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 SiguldaTeam relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 St. Moritz Team relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Paramonovo Doubles
World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Doubles433211
Sprint1183
Team relay1983
Total734817
  • Updated as of 26 February, 2023

Sascha Benecken (born 14 February 1990) is a German luger who has competed since 1999. [1] [2] [3] [4] With his doubles partner Toni Eggert he has been world champion ten times and won the overall World Cup six times.

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Early life

His father was part of East Germany's junior national team in the Nordic Skiing. As a result, he took part in a play and sports group as early as kindergarten, from which he then switched to handball and in 1999, after a sighting in physical education, to luge. In February 2003, Sascha Benecken moved to the sports high school in Oberhof and to the boarding school there . In June 2009 he passed his Abitur and successfully applied to the federal police , where he completed his training in the middle police enforcement service to become a police master at the federal police sports school in Bad Endorf by October 2013.

Junior Career

In the fall of 2005, Benecken qualified individually for three Youth A World Cups, all of which he was able to win. From then on he only competed in singles. He qualified for the Junior World Cup in 2006, although he was still eligible to start for youth A, and with his first Junior World Cup win on January 13, 2007 he made it to the Junior World Championships, where he finished sixth on the Olympic track in Cesana .

Benecken became part of the junior national team and won the overall junior world cup in 2008 and again fought for 6th place at the junior world championships in Lake Placid . In 2009 he was both Junior Vice World Champion and overall World Cup runner-up. On January 31, 2010 he won bronze at his fourth and last Junior World Championships in Innsbruck-Igls and thus recommended himself as a B squad qualifier for the German national luge team.

On the 22nd of August 2023, Benecken, in conjunction with his doubles collaborator Eggert, officially declared their retirement from active involvement in competitive sports. [5]


Luge results

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL). [1]

World Cup

SeasonDoublesSprintTeam relayPointsOverallDoublesSprint
1234567891234123456
2010–11 Flag of Austria.svg
6
Flag of Germany.svg
4
Flag of Canada.svg
6
Flag of United States.svg
10
Flag of Germany.svg
6
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Russia.svg
4
Flag of Latvia.svg
3
Flag of Austria.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
3
5164th4th
2011–12 Flag of Austria.svg
5
Flag of Canada.svg
4
Flag of Canada.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
4
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
2
Flag of Latvia.svg
5
Flag of Russia.svg
3
Flag of Austria.svg
Flag of Canada.svg
Flag of Canada.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
6303rd3rd
2012–13 Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Latvia.svg
8
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of United States.svg
7
Flag of Russia.svg
13
Flag of Austria.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of United States.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
6282nd2nd
2013–14 Flag of Norway.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
21
Flag of Canada.svg
2
Flag of United States.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Canada.svg
Flag of United States.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
6302nd2nd
2014–15 Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Norway.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Russia.svg
7
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Canada.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
10711st1st1st
2015–16 Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
2
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
21
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Russia.svg
12
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
3
Flag of Canada.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
7
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
4
962 [6] 2nd2nd2nd
2016–17 Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of South Korea.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
7
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of South Korea.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
11401st1st1st
2017–18 Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Norway.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Norway.svg
DNF
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
DSQ
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
11701st1st
2018–19 Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of Canada.svg
2
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Russia.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
5
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Russia.svg
3
Flag of Canada.svg
2
Flag of Canada.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
2
10501st1st1st
2019–20 Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
2
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Norway.svg
8
Flag of Latvia.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
6
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
2
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
5
Flag of Austria.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
8721st1st2nd
2020–21 Flag of Austria.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
22
Flag of Germany.svg
4
Flag of Austria.svg
5
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
4
Flag of Austria.svg
15
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
3
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
4
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Latvia.svg
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
CNX
8303rd2nd3rd
2021–22 Flag of China.svg
1
Flag of Russia.svg
4
Flag of Russia.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
13
Flag of Germany.svg
DNF
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
1
Flag of Russia.svg
7
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
Flag of China.svg
7
Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
2
9071st1st2nd
2022–23 Flag of Austria.svg
4
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
4
Flag of Latvia.svg
5
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
5
Flag of United States.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
9552nd2nd2nd

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