Felix Loch
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Expand German Template:Infobox sportsperson Felix Loch (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 24 July 1989) is a German luger and Olympic champion. He has been competing since 1995 and on the German national team since 2006. He has won fourteen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including twelve golds (Men's singles: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016; Men's sprint 2016: Mixed team event: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) and two silvers (Men's singles: 2011, 2015). Loch's men's singles win in 2008 made him the youngest world champion ever at 18 years old. He is the youngest Olympic Gold Medalist in men's luge history.[1] As of 2022, Loch is a triple Olympic gold medalist.
Career
At the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy, he finished sixth in the men's singles event.
Previously he had won the 2006 Junior World Championship held in Altenberg, Germany. Loch is a member of the Club RC Berchtesgaden and currently lives at Schönau am Königssee though he was born in Sonneberg.
During International Training Week at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia on 7–15 November 2008, Loch injured his shoulder during training. Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland (BSD) Sport Director Thomas Schwab stated that Loch would compete at the opening Luge World Cup event at Igls, Austria on 29–30 November 2008, which Loch did.[2]
On 21 February 2009, during the 2008-09 Luge World Cup season finale at Whistler Sliding Centre, Loch recorded the fastest registered speed in luge, Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Loch again won the gold medal in men's Singles, marking his second consecutive Olympic victory,[4] and he was also in the German team which won gold in the inaugural team relay.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, in the men's singles competition, Loch was a heavy favorite and indeed was leading the field after three runs, but in the last run made a mistake that cost him a medal. He ended in the fifth position.[5]
Luge results
Olympic Games
| Event | Age | Singles | Team relay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon 2010 Vancouver | 20 | Gold | — |
| Template:Flagicon 2014 Sochi | 24 | Gold | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 2018 Pyeongchang | 28 | 5th | — |
| Template:Flagicon 2022 Beijing | 32 | 4th | — |
World Championships
- 21 medals – (14 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze)
| Year | Age | Singles | Sprint | Team relay | Mixed singles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon 2008 Oberhof | 19 | Gold | — | Gold | — |
| Template:Flagicon 2009 Lake Placid | 20 | Gold | — | Gold | |
| Template:Flagicon 2011 Cesena | 22 | Silver | — | — | |
| Template:Flagicon 2012 Altenberg | 23 | Gold | — | Gold | |
| Template:Flagicon 2013 Whistler | 24 | Gold | — | Gold | |
| Template:Flagicon 2015 Sigulda | 26 | Silver | — | Gold | |
| Template:Flagicon 2016 Königssee | 27 | Gold | Gold | Gold | |
| Template:Flagicon 2017 Innsbruck | 28 | 6th | 10th | — | |
| Template:Flagicon 2019 Winterberg | 30 | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| Template:Flagicon 2020 Sochi | 31 | 9th | 13th | — | |
| Template:Flagicon 2021 Königssee | 32 | Silver | 4th | Silver | |
| Template:Flagicon 2023 Oberhof | 33 | 4th | Gold | — | |
| Template:Flagicon 2024 Altenberg | 34 | Bronze | 4th | — | |
| Template:Flagicon 2025 Whistler | 35 | Silver | — | — | — |
World Cup
References
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- ↑ 20 November 2008 FIL-Luge.org article on Loch's shoulder injury during International Training Week at the Whistler Sliding Centre – accessed 21 November 2008.
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