Johannes Ludwig

German luger

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Johannes Bartholt Ludwig

Ludwig in 2018

Personal information
Nationality| German
Born|  (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986 (age 37)
Suhl, East Germany
Height| 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight| 88.8 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country| Germany
Sport| Luge
Event(s)| Singles
Club| WSV Oberhof 05 e.V.

Medal record

Men's luge
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Team relay
| 2022 Beijing | Singles
| 2022 Beijing | Team relay
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Singles
World Championships
| 2017 Igls | Team relay
| 2020 Sochi | Team relay
| 2013 Whistler | Singles
European Championships
| 2014 Sigulda | Singles
| 2019 Oberhof | Team relay
| 2021 Sigulda | Singles
| 2022 St. Moritz | Team relay
| 2010 Sigulda | Team relay
| 2013 Oberhof | Singles
World Cup
| Event  | 1st | 2nd | 3rd

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Singles  | 10  | 9  | 12
Sprint  | 0  | 1  | 3
Team relay  | 3  | 3  | 0
Total  | 13  | 13  | 15

* Updated as of 20 February, 2022

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[edit]

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.[1] 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 made a mistake, finishing in fifth place.[2][3] Lugwig was also one of the gold-medal winners in the team relay luge, along with his 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".[1]

Ludwig won his second gold medal at the Olympics by winning the Men's singles event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[4]

## Luge results[edit]

### World Cup[edit]

Season  |  | Doubles  |  | Sprint  |  | Team relay  |  | Points  | Overall  | Doubles  | Sprint

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6
2006–07 |
11 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
12 |
19 |
– |
7 |
15 | —  | —  | —  | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– | —  | —  | 291 | 11th | —  | —
2007–08 |
8 |
11 |
7 |
19 |
– |
4 |
17 |
19 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– | —  | —  | 250 | 11th | —  | —
2008–09 |
11 |
9 |
3 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
6 |
23 |
4 | —  | —  | —  | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– | —  | 373 | 8th | —  | —
2009–10 |
19 |
15 |
5 |
10 |
29 |
4 |
2 |
3 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– | —  | 366 | 6th | —  | —
2011–12 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
11 | —  | —  | —  | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– | 530 | 5th | —  | —
2012–13 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
7 | —  | —  | —  | —  |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— | 482 | 6th | —  | —
2013–14 |
24 |
12 |
17 |
13 |
10 |
26 |
– |
8 |
2 | —  | —  | —  | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– | 281 | 12th | —  | —
2014–15 |
19 |
8 |
23 |
– |
– |
6 |
11 |
2 |
15 |
– |
– |
8 | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |  |  | —  | —
2015–16 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
– |
7 |
24 |
6 |
11 |
4 | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– | 481 | 8th |  |
2016–17 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
19 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
DSQ |
13 | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– | 557 | 5th |  |
2017–18 |
19 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |  |  |  | —
2018–19 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
20 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
10 | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– | 666 | 4th |  |
2019–20 |
15 |
14 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
13 |
14 | —  |
– |
– |
4 |
1 |
– |
– |  |  |  |
2020–21 |
2 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
9 | —  |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
CNX | 716 | 2nd |  |
2021–22 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
– |
4 |
1 |
2 | 871 | 1st |  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Germany continue luge dominance with second successive gold in team relay". International Olympic Committee. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
2. ^ "Winter Olympics: David Gleirscher claims Austria's first luge gold in 50 years after Felix Loch error". BBC. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
3. ^ "Loch blows chance at Olympic luge record as USA's Mazdzer takes historic silver". The Guardian. Associated Press. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. ^ "Germany's Johannes Ludwig Wins Gold in Men's Luge Final".

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Johannes Ludwig at FIL
* Johannes Ludwig at Olympics.com
* Johannes Ludwig at Olympedia
* Johannes Ludwig at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)

* v
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Olympic champions in men's singles luge

* 1964:  Thomas Köhler (EUA)
* 1968:  Manfred Schmid (AUT)
* 1972:  Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR)
* 1976:  Dettlef Günther (GDR)
* 1980:  Bernhard Glass (GDR)
* 1984:  Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
* 1988:  Jens Müller (GDR)
* 1992:  Georg Hackl (GER)
* 1994:  Georg Hackl (GER)
* 1998:  Georg Hackl (GER)
* 2002:  Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2006:  Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2010:  Felix Loch (GER)
* 2014:  Felix Loch (GER)
* 2018:  David Gleirscher (AUT)
* 2022:  Johannes Ludwig (GER)

* v
* t
* e

Olympic champions in luge team relay

* 2014:  Natalie Geisenberger / Felix Loch / Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt (GER)
* 2018:  Natalie Geisenberger / Johannes Ludwig / Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt (GER)
* 2022:  Natalie Geisenberger / Johannes Ludwig / Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt (GER)

* v
* t
* e

World champions in mixed team relay luge

Six per team|

* 1989: Italy
* Hansjörg Raffl
* Gerhard Plankensteiner
* Gerda Weissensteiner
* Veronika Oberhuber
* Norbert Huber
* 1990: East Germany
* Jens Müller
* Thomas Jacob
* Gabriele Kohlisch
* Susi Erdmann
* Jörg Hoffmann
* Jochen Pietzsch
* 1991: Germany
* Georg Hackl
* Jens Müller
* Susi Erdmann
* Gabriele Kohlisch
* Stefan Krauße
* Jan Behrendt
* 1993: Germany
* Georg Hackl
* René Friedl
* Gabriele Kohlisch
* Stefan Krauße
* Jan Behrendt
* 1995: Germany
* Georg Hackl
* Jens Müller
* Gabriele Kohlisch
* Susi Erdmann
* Stefan Krauße
* Jan Behrendt
* 1996: Austria
* Markus Prock
* Markus Schmidt
* Angelika Neuner
* Andrea Tagwerker
* Tobias Schiegl
* Markus Schiegl
* 1997: Austria
* Markus Prock
* Gerhard Gleirscher
* Andrea Tagwerker
* Angelika Neuner
* Tobias Schiegl
* Markus Schiegl

Four per team|

* 1999: Austria
* Markus Prock
* Andrea Tagwerker
* Tobias Schiegl
* Markus Schiegl
* 2000: Germany
* Georg Hackl
* Silke Kraushaar
* Steffen Skel
* Steffen Wöller
* 2001: Germany
* Georg Hackl
* Silke Kraushaar
* Patric Leitner
* Alexander Resch
* 2003: Germany
* Georg Hackl
* Sylke Otto
* Patric Leitner
* Alexander Resch
* 2004: Germany
* David Möller
* Barbara Niedernhuber
* Patric Leitner
* Alexander Resch
* 2005: Germany
* Georg Hackl
* Sylke Otto
* André Florschütz
* Torsten Wustlich
* 2007: Germany
* David Möller
* Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
* Patric Leitner
* Alexander Resch

Four per team as relay|

* 2008: Germany
* Felix Loch
* Tatjana Hüfner
* André Florschütz
* Torsten Wustlich
* 2009: Germany
* Felix Loch
* Natalie Geisenberger
* André Florschütz
* Torsten Wustlich
* 2012: Germany
* Tatjana Hüfner
* Felix Loch
* Toni Eggert
* Sascha Benecken
* 2013–2016: Germany
* Natalie Geisenberger
* Felix Loch
* Tobias Wendl
* Tobias Arlt
* 2017: Germany
* Tatjana Hüfner
* Johannes Ludwig
* Toni Eggert
* Sascha Benecken
* 2019: Russia
* Tatiana Ivanova
* Semen Pavlichenko
* Vladislav Yuzhakov
* Yuri Prokhorov
* 2020: Germany
* Julia Taubitz
* Johannes Ludwig
* Toni Eggert
* Sascha Benecken
* 2021: Austria
* Madeleine Egle
* David Gleirscher
* Thomas Steu
* Lorenz Koller
* 2023: Germany
* Anna Berreiter
* Max Langenhan
* Toni Eggert
* Sascha Benecken

* v
* t
* e

World Cup champions in men's singles luge

* 1977-8: Anton Winkler (FRG)
* 1978-9: Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
* 1979–80: Ernst Haspinger (ITA)
* 1980–1: (tie) Ernst Haspinger (ITA) & Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
* 1981-2: Ernst Haspinger (ITA)
* 1982-3: Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
* 1983-4: Michael Walter (GDR)
* 1984-5: Norbert Huber (ITA)
* 1985-6: Norbert Huber (ITA)
* 1986-7: Norbert Huber (ITA)
* 1987-8: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1988-9: Georg Hackl (FRG)
* 1989–90: Georg Hackl (FRG)
* 1990-1: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1991-2: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1992-3: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1993-4: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1994-5: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1995-6: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1996-7: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1997-8: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 1998-9: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 1999–2000: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2000-1: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2001-2: Markus Prock (AUT)
* 2002-3: Markus Kleinheinz (AUT)
* 2003-4: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2004-5: Albert Demchenko (RUS)
* 2005-6: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2006-7: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2007-8: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2008-9: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2009–10: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2010–11: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2011–12: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2012–13: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2013–14: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2014–15: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2015–16: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2016–17: Roman Repilov (RUS)
* 2017–18: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2018–19: Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)
* 2019–20: Roman Repilov (RUS)
* 2020–21: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2021–22: Johannes Ludwig (GER)
* 2022–23: Dominik Fischnaller (ITA) (Overall) and Felix Loch (GER) (Men's singles only)

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