Tobias Wendl
































Tobias Wendl

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Tobias Wendl (2018)

Personal information
Nickname(s) Tobi
Born
(1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 31)
Aachen, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)[1]
Sport
Coached by
Patric Leitner[2]
Norbert Loch
Georg Hackl[2]

Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) 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.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


    • 1.1 Olympics




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





Biography


Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in Aachen, Germany.[1] He began competing in the luge in 1993; and became a part of the national team in 2005, luging as a front.[1] At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, he won a silver medal; and at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the mixed team events.[1] He won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, in Whistler, Canada.[1] Wendl competes in the double with Tobias Arlt, and is the front.[1] Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express"[3] and "The Two Tobis".[4]


He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.[3]



Olympics


Wendl won two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi; in the luge double with Tobias Arlt, he won a gold in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track: this was half a second ahead of the second placed Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger of Austria;[5] this winning margin was the biggest ever in Olympic luge doubles.[6] In the pair's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[7]


Wendl then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Arlt;[8] finishing more than one full second ahead of the second placed Russian Federation, in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.[9]



References





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  2. ^ ab Harder, Wolfgang (May 2014). "All four gold medals go to the "Sunshine Training Group"" (PDF). FIL Magazine. Vol. 1 no. 51. Berchtesgaden, Germany: International Luge Federation. p. 9. Retrieved 12 January 2019.


  3. ^ ab "Tobias Wendl". Sochi.ru. Retrieved 20 February 2014.


  4. ^ Withers, Tom (12 February 2014). "Germany's Wendl and Arlt win doubles luge". Yahoo Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2014.


  5. ^ "Doubles luge: Germany's 'two Tobis' — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt — win gold medal". The Washington Post. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.


  6. ^ Khutork, Rosa (12 February 2014). "Olympics-Luge-Wendl and Arlt extend German gold rush". Reuters. Retrieved 20 February 2014.


  7. ^ "Sochi 2014: Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt win luge doubles gold". BBC. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.


  8. ^ "Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep". ABC News. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.


  9. ^ "Luge Team Relay Competition". Sochi.ru. Retrieved 20 February 2014.




External links




  • Tobias Wendl at the International Luge Federation Edit this at Wikidata


  • Tobias Wendl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Edit this at Wikidata














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