Luge World Cup

The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation since 1977–78. The World Cup is the highest level season-long competition in the sport.

Men's singles

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1977–78	Anton Winkler (FRG)	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)	Gerd Böhmer (FRG)
			Manfred Schmid (AUT)
1978–79	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)	Hansjörg Raffl (ITA)	Karl Brunner (ITA)
1979–80	Ernst Haspinger (ITA)	Karl Brunner (ITA)	Georg Fluckinger (AUT)
1980–81	Ernst Haspinger (ITA)	none awarded	Karl Brunner (ITA)
	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
1981–82	Ernst Haspinger (ITA) (3)	Sergey Danilin (URS)	Michael Walter (GDR)
1982–83	Paul Hildgartner (ITA) (3)	Sergey Danilin (URS)	Ernst Haspinger (ITA)
1983–84	Michael Walter (GDR)	Norbert Huber (ITA)	Yuri Kharchenko (URS)
1984–85	Norbert Huber (ITA)	Markus Prock (AUT)	Gerhard Sandbichler (AUT)
			Wolfgang Schädler (LIE)
1985–86	Norbert Huber (ITA)	Johannes Schettel (FRG)	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
1986–87	Norbert Huber (ITA) (3)	Rene Friedl (GDR)	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
			Markus Prock (AUT)
1987–88	Markus Prock (AUT)	Yuri Kharchenko (URS)	Jens Müller (GDR)
1988–89	Georg Hackl (FRG)	Jens Müller (GDR)	Johannes Schettel (FRG)
1989–90	Georg Hackl (FRG) (2)	Markus Prock (AUT)	Norbert Huber (ITA)
1990–91	Markus Prock (AUT)	Georg Hackl (GER)	Jens Müller (GER)
1991–92	Markus Prock (AUT)	Duncan Kennedy (USA)	Georg Hackl (GER)
1992–93	Markus Prock (AUT)	Georg Hackl (GER)	Duncan Kennedy (USA)
1993–94	Markus Prock (AUT)	Duncan Kennedy (USA)	Georg Hackl (GER)
1994–95	Markus Prock (AUT)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Jens Müller (GER)
1995–96	Markus Prock (AUT)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Georg Hackl (GER)
1996–97	Markus Prock (AUT)	Jens Müller (GER)	Wilfried Huber (ITA)
1997–98	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Norbert Huber (ITA)	Gerhard Gleirscher (AUT)
1998–99	Markus Prock (AUT)	Georg Hackl (GER)	Jens Müller (GER)
1999–2000	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Jens Müller (GER)	Georg Hackl (GER)
2000–01	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Georg Hackl (GER)	Markus Prock (AUT)
2001–02	Markus Prock (AUT) (10)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Georg Hackl (GER)
2002–03	Markus Kleinheinz (AUT)	Georg Hackl (GER)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2003–04	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Georg Hackl (GER)	David Möller (GER)
2004–05	Albert Demtschenko (RUS)	Georg Hackl (GER)	Markus Kleinheinz (AUT)
			David Möller (GER)
2005–06	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	David Möller (GER)	Tony Benshoof (USA)
2006–07	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	David Möller (GER)	Reinhold Rainer (ITA)
2007–08	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	David Möller (GER)	Albert Demtschenko (RUS)
2008–09	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	David Möller (GER)	Jan Eichhorn (GER)
2009–10	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Albert Demtschenko (RUS)	Felix Loch (GER)
2010–11	Armin Zöggeler (ITA) (10)	Felix Loch (GER)	Albert Demtschenko (RUS)
2011–12	Felix Loch (GER)	Andi Langenhan (GER)	David Möller (GER)
2012–13	Felix Loch (GER)	Andi Langenhan (GER)	David Möller (GER)
2013–14	Felix Loch (GER)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)
2014–15	Felix Loch (GER)	Andi Langenhan (GER)	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)
2015–16	Felix Loch (GER)	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	Chris Mazdzer (USA)
2016–17	Roman Repilov (RUS)	Felix Loch (GER)	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)
2017–18	Felix Loch (GER) (6)	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	Roman Repilov (RUS)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	19	9	10	38
2	Austria	11	4	9	24
3	Germany	6	18	14	38
4	West Germany	3	1	2	6
5	Russia	2	1	3	6
6	East Germany	1	2	2	5
7	Soviet Union	0	3	1	4
8	United States	0	2	3	5
9	Liechtenstein	0	0	1	1
Total		42	40	45	127

Women's singles

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1977–78	Regina König (FRG)	Andrea Fendt (FRG)	Angelika Schafferer (AUT)
			Margit Schumann (GDR)
			Roswitha Stenzel (GDR)
1978–79	Angelika Schafferer (AUT)	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)	Christine Brunner (AUT)
1979–80	Angelika Schafferer (AUT)	Bettina Schmidt (GDR)	Christine Brunner (AUT)
1980–81	Angelika Schafferer (AUT) (3)	Monika Auer (ITA)	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)
1981–82	Vera Zozula (URS)	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)	Monika Auer (ITA)
1982–83	Ute Weiss (GDR)	Ingrida Amantova (URS)	Melitta Sollmann (GDR)
1983–84	Steffi Martin (GDR)	none awarded	Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR)
	Bettina Schmidt (GDR)
1984–85	Cerstin Schmidt (GDR)	Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR)	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)
1985–86	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)	Cerstin Schmidt (GDR)	Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR)
1986–87	Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) (2)	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)	Gabriele Kohlisch (GDR)
			Bonny Warner (USA)
1987–88	Yuliya Antipova (URS)	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)	Gabriele Kohlisch (GDR)
1988–89	Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR) (2)	Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA)	Yuliya Antipova (URS)
1989–90	Yuliya Antipova (URS) (2)	Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA)	Jana Bode (FRG)
1990–91	Susi Erdmann (GER)	Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA)	Gabriele Kohlisch (GER)
1991–92	Susi Erdmann (GER) (2)	Cammy Myler (USA)	Gabriele Kohlisch (GER)
			Doris Neuner (AUT)
1992–93	Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA)	Doris Neuner (AUT)	Andrea Tagwerker (AUT)
1993–94	Gabriele Kohlisch (GER)	Jana Bode (GER)	Susi Erdmann (GER)
			Andrea Tagwerker (AUT)
1994–95	Sylke Otto (GER)	Gabriele Kohlisch (GER)	Jana Bode (GER)
1995–96	Jana Bode (GER)	Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA)	Gabriele Kohlisch (GER)
1996–97	Andrea Tagwerker (AUT)	Angelika Neuner (AUT)	Jana Bode (GER)
1997–98	Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) (2)	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Cammy Myler (USA)
1998–99	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Sylke Otto (GER)	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)
1999–2000	Sylke Otto (GER)	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)
2000–01	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Sylke Otto (GER)	Angelika Neuner (AUT)
2001–02	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Sylke Otto (GER)	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)
2002–03	Sylke Otto (GER)	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)
2003–04	Sylke Otto (GER) (4)	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)
2004–05	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Sylke Otto (GER)
2005–06	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Sylke Otto (GER)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
2006–07	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (GER) (5)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	Anke Wischnewski (GER)
2007–08	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (GER)	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)
2008–09	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Anke Wischnewski (GER)
2009–10	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Anke Wischnewski (GER)
2010–11	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Anke Wischnewski (GER)
2011–12	Tatjana Hüfner (GER) (5)	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Anke Wischnewski (GER)
2012–13	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Anke Wischnewski (GER)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
2013–14	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Alex Gough (CAN)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
2014–15	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Dajana Eitberger (GER)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
2015–16	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
2016–17	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)
2017–18	Natalie Geisenberger (GER) (6)	Dajana Eitberger (GER)	Summer Britcher (USA)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	25	21	23	69
2	East Germany	6	3	7	16
3	Austria	4	2	7	13
4	Italy	3	9	3	15
5	Soviet Union	3	1	1	5
6	West Germany	1	1	1	3
7	United States	0	1	3	4
8	Russia	0	1	1	2
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
Total		42	40	46	128

Rank	Luger	Win
1	Sylke Otto	37
2	Silke Kraushaar	36
3	Tatjana Hüfner	35
4	Natalie Geisenberger	33
5	Gabriele Kohlisch	13
	Gerda Weissensteiner	13
7	Jana Bode	11
8	Cerstin Schmidt	8
9	Ute Oberhoffner	7
10	Steffi Martin	6
	Marie-Luise Rainer	6

• Most Podium :

Rank	Luger	Podium
1	Silke Kraushaar	76
2	Natalie Geisenberger	69
	Tatjana Hüfner	69
4	Sylke Otto	68
5	Anke Wischnewski	46
6	Barbara Niedernhuber	37
7	Gabriele Kohlisch	33
8	Gerda Weissensteiner	29
9	Jana Bode	28
	Susi Erdmann	28

Doubles

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1977–78	Italy Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	West Germany Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm	West Germany Stefan Hölzlwimmer Rudolf Grosswang
1978–79	Italy Peter Gschnitzer (2) Karl Brunner (2)	Austria Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott	West Germany Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm
1979–80	Austria Günther Lemmerer Reinhold Sulzbacher	Austria Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott	Italy Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner
1980–81	Austria Günther Lemmerer Reinhold Sulzbacher	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Karl Brunner	West Germany Hans Stangassinger Franz Wembacher
1981–82	Austria Günther Lemmerer (3) Reinhold Sulzbacher (3)	Austria Georg Fluckinger Franz Wilhelmer	Soviet Union Juris Eisaks Einārs Veikša
1982–83	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	West Germany Hans Stangassinger Franz Wembacher	West Germany Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger
1983–84	East Germany Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch	Austria Georg Fluckinger Franz Wilhelmer	none awarded
		Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber
1984–85	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Austria Georg Fluckinger Franz Wilhelmer	East Germany René Keller Lutz Kühnlenz
1985–86	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	West Germany Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger	West Germany Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl
1986–87	West Germany Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger	West Germany Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber
1987–88	Soviet Union Yevgeny Belousov Aleksandr Belyakov	West Germany Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber
			Soviet Union Vitaliy Melnik Dimitriy Alekseyev
1988–89	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	East Germany Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt	East Germany Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch
1989–90	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Italy Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	West Germany Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl
1990–91	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Germany Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt	Italy Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber
1991–92	Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Germany Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph	Germany Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt
1992–93	Italy Hansjörg Raffl (8) Norbert Huber (8)	Italy Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	Germany Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt
1993–94	Germany Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt	Austria Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl	Germany Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller
1994–95	Germany Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt	Italy Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	United States Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer
1995–96	Germany Stefan Krausse (3) Jan Behrendt (3)	Germany Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph	United States Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer
1996–97	United States Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Austria Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl
1997–98	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	Italy Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
1998–99	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	Austria Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
1999–2000	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
2000–01	Germany Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	Germany André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
2001–02	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	Austria Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl
2002–03	United States (4) Mark Grimmette (3) Brian Martin (3)	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Austria Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl
2003–04	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
2004–05	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Germany André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Austria Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
2005–06	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Germany André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
2006–07	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
2007–08	Germany Patric Leitner (6) Alexander Resch (6)	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Austria Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
2008–09	Italy (12) Christian Oberstolz (2) Patrick Gruber (2)	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Austria Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
2009–10	Germany André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
2010–11	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Austria Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
2011–12	Austria (4) Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken
2012–13	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Austria Peter Penz Georg Fischler
2013–14	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
2014–15	Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Latvia Andris Šics Juris Šics
2015–16	Germany Tobias Wendl (4) Tobias Arlt (4)	Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Austria Peter Penz Georg Fischler
2016–17	Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	United States Matt Mortensen Jayson Terdiman
2017–18	Germany (18) Toni Eggert (3) Sascha Benecken (3)	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Austria Peter Penz Georg Fischler

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	18	18	7	43
2	Italy	12	10	10	32
3	Austria	4	8	9	21
4	United States	4	0	4	8
5	West Germany	1	5	6	12
6	East Germany	1	1	2	4
7	Soviet Union	1	0	2	3
8	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Total		41	42	41	124

Team World Cup

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2003–04	Germany	Italy	Austria
2004–05	Germany	Italy	United States
2005–06	Italy	Austria	none awarded
		Germany
		United States
2006–07	Canada	United States	Germany
2007–08	Germany	United States	Austria
2008–09	Germany	Austria	United States
2009–10	Germany	Austria	Canada
2010–11	Germany	Italy	Russia
2011–12	Germany	Canada	Russia
2012–13	Germany	Italy	United States
2013–14	Germany	Canada	United States
2014–15	Germany	Russia	United States
2015–16	Germany	Russia	United States
2016–17	Germany	Latvia	Russia
2017–18	Germany	Austria	Canada

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	13	1	1	15
2	Italy	1	4	0	5
3	Canada	1	2	2	5
4	Austria	0	4	2	6
5	United States	0	3	6	9
6	Russia	0	2	3	5
7	Latvia	0	1	0	1
Total		15	17	14	46

All-time medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	62	58	45	165
2	Italy (ITA)	35	32	23	90
3	Austria (AUT)	19	18	27	64
4	East Germany (GDR)	8	6	11	25
5	West Germany (FRG)	5	7	9	21
6	United States (USA)	4	6	16	26
7	Soviet Union (URS)	4	4	4	12
8	Russia (RUS)	2	4	7	13
9	Canada (CAN)	1	3	2	6
10	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	1	2
11	Liechtenstein (LIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		140	139	146	425

Multiple winners

Men

Rank	Athlete	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norbert Huber	Italy	1983	1998	11	3	3	17
2	Armin Zöggeler	Italy	1995	2014	10	4	1	15
3	Markus Prock	Austria	1985	2002	10	2	2	14
4	Hansjörg Raffl	Italy	1979	1993	8	3	2	13
5	Patric Leitner	Germany	1999	2010	6	3	2	11
	Alexander Resch	Germany	1999	2010	6	3	2	11
7	Felix Loch	Germany	2010	2018	6	2	1	9
8	Tobias Arlt	Germany	2011	2018	4	4	-	8
	Tobias Wendl	Germany	2011	2018	4	4	-	8
10	Sascha Benecken	Germany	2012	2018	3	3	1	7
	Toni Eggert	Germany	2012	2018	3	3	1	7

Women

Rank	Athlete	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Natalie Geisenberger	Germany	2008	2018	6	4	1	11
2	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Germany	1998	2008	5	6	-	11
3	Tatjana Hüfner	Germany	2006	2017	5	2	5	12
4	Sylke Otto	Germany	1995	2006	4	4	1	9
5	Angelika Schafferer	Austria	1978	1981	3	1	-	4
6	Gerda Weissensteiner	Italy	1989	1998	2	4	-	6
7	Ute Oberhoffner (Weiss)	East Germany	1983	1989	2	1	2	5
8	Cerstin Schmidt	East Germany	1985	1987	2	1	-	3
9	Yuliya Antipova	Soviet Union	1988	1990	2	-	1	3
	Susi Erdmann	Germany	1991	1994	2	-	1	3

See also

• Overall Cup Winners

References

• List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
• List of men's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
• List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.