Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

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Track map.
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Start house
Picture of the Winterberg track Turn 7 at night in December 2006. Piste de Winterberg.jpg
Picture of the Winterberg track Turn 7 at night in December 2006.

The Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Winterberg, Germany. It is the only track of its kind in the world with a turn that has corporate sponsorship with turn seven being sponsored by Veltins, a German brewery which has its headquarters located in neighboring Meschede.

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History

Completed in 1977, the track underwent a redesign of its start house area where the women's luge start house was moved from before turn four to near the men's luge start house prior to turn one in 2006. [1] This was done under the auspices of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL) and included a completely covered sled storage area, [1] new changing rooms, and facilities for coaches and officials. [2] The women's singles luge start house was integrated near the men's singles luge start house during the construction. [2] The track hosted the first two-woman bobsleigh world championships in 2000. [3]

Statistics

Physical statistics
Sport [4] LengthTurnsVertical drop
Bobsleigh and skeleton1,330 metres (4,360 ft)14110 metres (360 ft)
Luge - men's singles1,324 metres (4,344 ft)14110 metres (360 ft)
Luge - women's singles1,293 metres (4,242 ft)14110 metres (360 ft)
Luge - men's doubles945 metres (3,100 ft)1190 metres (300 ft)

The venue includes a maximum grade of 15% and an average grade of 9.8%

Turn number [4] NameReason named
1, 2, 3Omega KurveAfter the Omega shape.
7. Veltins Kreisel270-degree Kreisel (circular) curve sponsored by Veltins, a German brewery located in neighboring Meschede.
11, 12, 13Labyrinth (not listed on track map)Three turns in quick succession without a straight (labyrinth)

Turns 4–6, 8–10 and 14 have no names listed in the track diagram. [4]

Track records
SportRecordNation - athlete(s)DateTime (seconds)
Bobsleigh two-man [5] StartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany - Francesco Friedrich & Thorsten Margis 5 December 20155.05
Bobsleigh two-man [5] TrackFlag of Germany.svg  Germany - Francesco Friedrich & Alexander Schüller 25 February 202454.39
Bobsleigh four-man [6] StartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany - Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Baur, & Alexander Schüller 10 January 20214.96
Bobsleigh four-man [6] TrackFlag of Germany.svg  Germany - Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Alexander Schüller, & Felix Straub 3 March 202453.11
Bobsleigh two-woman [7] StartFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada - Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse 12 December 20095.54
Bobsleigh two-womanTrackFlag of Germany.svg  Germany - Laura Nolte & Deborah Levi 2 March 202455.75
Luge - men's singles [8] Start Andi Langenhan - Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7 December 20074.536
Luge - men's singles [8] Track Anton Dukach - Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7 February 201552.037
Luge - women's singles [9] Start Natalie Geisenberger - Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31 October 20094.915
Luge - women's singles [9] Track Natalie Geisenberger - Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14 December 200856.192
Luge - men's doubles [10] StartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany - Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt 9 January 20103.616
Luge - men's doubles [10] TrackFlag of Germany.svg  Germany - Walther & Grüneker10 January 200944.106
Skeleton - men [11] Track Marcus Wyatt - Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 23 February 202455.26
Skeleton - women [12] Track Kimberley Bos - Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10 December 202156.70

Championships hosted

References

  1. 1 2 New start area for the luge and bobsleigh track in Winterberg. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (14 September 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.)
  2. 1 2 A lot is being done at the world's artificially-iced tracks. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (23 November 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.)
  3. ↑ List of two-woman bobsleigh championship medalists since 2000.
  4. 1 2 3 Track information (in German) - accessed 20 February 2008.
  5. 1 2 "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  6. 1 2 "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 "Humphries and Moyse smash bobsleigh start records". CAAWS. (accessed 2 January 2010)
  8. 1 2 FIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 9 January 2010 men's singles results. - accessed 9 January 2010.
  9. 1 2 FIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 10 January 2010 women's singles results. - accessed 10 January 2010.
  10. 1 2 FIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 9 January 2010 doubles results. - accessed 9 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "Skeletonster Bos schrijft historie in Winterberg met eerste wereldbekerzege". 10 December 2021.
  13. ↑ List of two-man bobsleigh championship medalists since 1931.
  14. ↑ List of men's singles luge European championship medalists since 1914
  15. ↑ List of Men's singles luge World championship medalists since 1955

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