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Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (born 26 June 1981) is a Russian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, she won eight medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds (Women's singles (Gold: 2000, 2005, 2007), four silvers (Women's singles: 2003, 2009, 2011; Mixed team: 2005), and two bronzes (Mixed team: 2009, 2011).
Lavrentyeva also won four medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds (2004, 2008, 2010) and a silver in 2002.
Sylke Otto is a former German luger who competed from 1991 to 2007. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event in 2002 and 2006.
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.
Gerhard Pilz is an Austrian luger who competed from 1985 to 2007. A natural track luger, he won ten medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with five gold, four silver, and one bronze.
Anton Blasbichler was an Italian luger who has competed since 1989. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds, one silver, and three bronzes.
Robert Batkowski is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won three medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two golds and one silver.
Patrick Pigneter is an Italian luger who has competed since 2007. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds, two silvers, and three bronzes.
Delia Vaudan was an Italian luger who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. A natural track luger, she won four medals in the women's singles at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with one three golds and one silver (1986).
Sonja Steinacher is a luger from Verdings/Klausen in South Tyrol who has competed for Italy since 1995. A natural track luger, she won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four medals in women's singles and a gold in the mixed team event (2003).
Renate Gietl is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. A natural track luger, she won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a four medals in women's singles ; Silver: 2001, Bronze: 2005) and five medals in the mixed team event.
Melanie Batkowski is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2004. A natural track luger, she won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two golds, two silvers, and a bronze.
Herbert Kögl is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1988. A natural track luger, he won six medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two gold, one silver (2000), and three bronzes.
Andreas Schopf is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2000. A natural track luger, he won four medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two golds and two silvers.
Pavel Porzhnev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds, two silvers, and two bronze.
Ivan Lazarev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds, two silvers, and two bronzes.
Gerhard Mühlbacher is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won four medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with one gold, one silver, and two bronzes.
Florian Clara is an Italian luger who has competed since 2005. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds and two silvers.
Angelika Neuner is an Austrian luger who competed from 1987 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a silver in 1992 and a bronze in 1998. Her younger sister, Doris, won the gold medal in the same event at Albertville in 1992.
David Mair is an Italian luger and former skeleton racer. He competed until 2002 as a natural track luger, then until 2007 as a skeleton racer and switched back to natural track luge in 2009.
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