Johannes Ludwig

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Expand German Template:Wikidata image Johannes Ludwig (born 14 February 1986) is an Olympic gold medal-winning German luger who has competed since 1996. He won a bronze medal in the Team relay event at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Ludwig won the bronze medal in the men's singles luge and the gold in the team relay luge, along with his teammates Natalie Geisenberger, Tobias Wendl, and Tobias Arlt. Then at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, he won the gold medal in the Men's singles race.

Career

Ludwig's finished 11th in the men's singles event at the 2007 FIL World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria. His best Luge World Cup overall finish was 11th twice (2006-7, 2007-8).

Ludwig failed to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Ludwig won the bronze medal in the men's singles luge. Ludwig's teammate Felix Loch was the defending champion and favourite to win. He was in the lead until his final run, when he skidded during his final run and lost time, finishing in fifth place. Lugwig was also one of the gold-medal winners in the team relay luge, along with teammates Natalie Geisenberger, Tobias Wendl, and Tobias Arlt. Ludwig said, "The whole story is very special for me; I was fighting, fighting, fighting, and now I made it and get two medals".

Ludwig won his second gold medal at the Olympics by winning the Men's singles event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Luge results

World Cup

Season		Doubles										Sprint					Team relay							Points	Overall	Doubles	Sprint
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4	5	6
2006–07		Cesana 11	Park City 5	Calgary 8	Nagano 11	Königssee 12	Oberhof 19	Altenberg –	Winterberg 7	Sigulda 15		—	—	—	—		Calgary –	Nagano –	Königssee –	Winterberg –	—	—		291	11th	—	—
2007–08		Lake Placid 8	Calgary 11	Winterberg 7	Innsbruck 19	Königssee –	Altenberg 4	Sigulda 1 17	Sigulda 2 19	—		—	—	—	—		Lake Placid –	Winterberg –	Königssee –	Sigulda –	—	—		250	11th	—	—
2008–09		Innsbruck 11	Sigulda 9	Winterberg 3	Königssee 19	Cesana 13	Oberhof 6	Altenberg 6	Calgary 23	Whistler 4		—	—	—	—		Sigulda –	Winterberg –	Königssee –	Oberhof –	Altenberg –	—		373	8th	—	—
2009–10		Calgary 19	Innsbruck 15	Altenberg 5	Lillehammer 10	Königssee 29	Winterberg 4	Oberhof 2	Cesana 3	—		—	—	—	—		Innsbruck –	Altenberg –	Königssee –	Winterberg 1	Oberhof –	—		366	6th	—	—
2011–12		Innsbruck 4	Whistler 2	Calgary 6	Königssee 3	Oberhof 7	Winterberg 5	St. Moritz 3	Sigulda 4	File:Flag of Russia.svg 11		—	—	—	—		Innsbruck –	Whistler –	Königssee –	Oberhof –	Winterberg –	Sigulda –		530	5th	—	—
2012–13		Innsbruck 3	Königssee 8	Altenberg 3	Sigulda 4	Königssee 9	Oberhof 3	Winterberg 5	Lake Placid 13	Sochi 7		—	—	—	—		Innsbruck —	Altenberg —	Sigulda —	Königssee —	Lake Placid —	Sochi —		482	6th	—	—
2013–14		Lillehammer 24	Innsbruck 12	Winterberg 17	Whistler 13	Park City 10	Königssee 26	Oberhof –	Altenberg 8	Sigulda 2		—	—	—	—		Innsbruck –	Winterberg –	Whistler –	Park City –	Königssee –	Altenberg –		281	12th	—	—
2014–15		Innsbruck 19	Lake Placid 8	Calgary 23	Königssee –	Oberhof –	Winterberg 6	Lillehammer 11	Altenberg 2	Sochi 15		Innsbruck –	Calgary –	Altenberg 8	—		Lake Placid –	Königssee –	Oberhof –	Winterberg –	Lillehammer –	Sochi –				—	—
2015–16		Innsbruck 6	Lake Placid 7	Park City 7	Calgary 6	Sigulda 10	Oberhof 6	Sochi –	Altenberg 7	Winterberg 24		Park City 6	Calgary 11	Oberhof 4	—		Innsbruck –	Lake Placid –	Sigulda –	Sochi –	Altenberg –	Winterberg –		481	8th
2016–17		Winterberg 1	Lake Placid 9	Whistler 7	Park City 10	Königssee 19	Sigulda 11	Oberhof 4	Pyeongchang 6	Altenberg 3		Winterberg 3	Park City DSQ	Sigulda 13	—		Lake Placid –	Königssee –	Sigulda –	Oberhof –	Pyeongchang –	Altenberg –		557	5th
2017–18		Innsbruck 19	Winterberg 11	Altenberg 8	Calgary 5	Lake Placid 4	Königssee 3	Oberhof 6	Lillehammer 4	Sigulda 8		Winterberg 7	Lake Placid 2	Lillehammer 11	Sigulda 5		Innsbruck –	Altenberg –	Calgary –	Königssee –	Oberhof –	Sigulda –					—
2018–19		Innsbruck 1	Whistler 5	Calgary 6	Lake Placid 2	Königssee 20	Sigulda 12	Altenberg 3	Oberhof 5	Sochi 12		Innsbruck 4	Lake Placid 3	Sochi 10	—		Whistler –	Calgary –	Königssee –	Sigulda –	Oberhof 2	Sochi –		666	4th
2019–20		Innsbruck 15	Lake Placid 14	Whistler 4	Altenberg 8	Lillehammer 8	Sigulda 1	Oberhof 1	Winterberg 1	Königssee 5		Lake Placid 11	Whistler 13	Sigulda 14	—		Innsbruck –	Altenberg –	Lillehammer 4	Oberhof 1	Winterberg –	Königssee –
2020–21		Innsbruck 2	Altenberg 11	Oberhof 2	Winterberg 6	Königssee 3	Sigulda 2	Oberhof 4	Innsbruck 3	St. Moritz 8		Innsbruck 6	Winterberg 7	Innsbruck 9	—		Innsbruck –	Altenberg –	Oberhof –	Königssee –	Sigulda –	St. Moritz CNX		716	2nd
2021–22		Yanqing 1	Sochi 1	Sochi 2	Altenberg 3	Innsbruck 1	Winterberg 1	Sigulda 13	Oberhof 1	St. Moritz 11		Sochi 6	Innsbruck 3	Sigulda 12	Oberhof 4		Yanqing 7	Sochi 2	Altenberg –	Winterberg 4	Oberhof 1	St. Moritz 2		871	1st

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