Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's singles
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The women's singles competition in luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February (heats 1 and 2) and 10 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1] Julia Taubitz of Germany won the event, Elīna Ieva Bota of Latvia won the silver medal, and Ashley Farquharson of the United States bronze.[2][3] For all of them, these were first Olympic medals.
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| Venue | Cortina Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 9, 10 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:30.625 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 Olympic champion, Natalie Geisenberger, retired from competitions. The bronze medalist, Tatiana Ivanova, was barred from participation, since after the Russian invasion to Ukraine Russian athletes could only compete in neutral status, and Ivanova did not obtain one. The silver medalist, Anna Berreiter, qualified for the 2026 Olympics. Lisa Schulte was leading the singles standing of 2025–26 Luge World Cup before the Olympics, even though she has not won a single event. Julia Taubitz was the 2025 World champion, with Merle Fräbel second and Emily Sweeney third. Sweeney changed her name to Fischnaller in the meanwhile, following her marriage to Dominik Fischnaller.
Qualification
Summary
| Number of sleds | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9 |  Austria Germany United States |
| 2 | 8 |  Canada Italy Latvia Ukraine |
| 1 | 8 |  Argentina China Individual Neutral Athletes Poland Romania South Korea Sweden Switzerland |
Results
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total[4] | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Julia Taubitz | Germany | 52.638 | 2 | 52.550 TR | 1 | 52.730 | 1 | 52.707 | 1 | 3:30.625 | |
 | 3 | Elīna Ieva Bota | Latvia | 52.878 | 5 | 52.805 | 3 | 52.939 | 4 | 52.921 | 6 | 3:31.543 | +0.918 |
 | 16 | Ashley Farquharson | United States | 52.862 | 4 | 52.934 | 7 | 52.877 | 3 | 52.909 | 4 | 3:31.582 | +0.957 |
| 4 | 11 | Verena Hofer | Italy | 52.861 | 3 | 52.882 | 4 | 52.977 | 5 | 52.925 | 7 | 3:31.645 | +1.020 |
| 5 | 7 | Sandra Robatscher | Italy | 52.886 | 6 | 52.915 | 5 | 53.026 | 7 | 52.905 | 3 | 3:31.732 | +1.107 |
| 6 | 10 | Anna Berreiter | Germany | 53.051 | 10 | 53.004 | 10 | 53.009 | 6 | 52.946 | 8 | 3:32.010 | +1.385 |
| 7 | 2 | Lisa Schulte | Austria | 52.945 | 8 | 52.921 | 6 | 53.070 | 9 | 53.126 | 12 | 3:32.062 | +1.437 |
| 8 | 5 | Merle Fräbel | Germany | 52.590 TR | 1 | 52.659 | 2 | 54.144 | 20 | 52.779 | 2 | 3:32.172 | +1.547 |
| 9 | 12 | Natalie Maag | Switzerland | 53.051 | 10 | 53.148 | 12 | 53.169 | 11 | 53.039 | 9 | 3:32.407 | +1.782 |
| 10 | 4 | Hannah Prock | Austria | 53.131 | 12 | 53.230 | 14 | 53.271 | 12 | 53.131 | 13 | 3:32.763 | +2.138 |
| 11 | 8 | Dorothea Schwarz | Austria | 53.595 | 16 | 53.052 | 11 | 53.080 | 10 | 53.103 | 11 | 3:32.830 | +2.205 |
| 12 | 17 | Emily Fischnaller | United States | 52.892 | 7 | 52.980 | 9 | 52.876 | 2 | 54.287 | 19 | 3:33.035 | +2.410 |
| 13 | 13 | Daria Olesik | Individual Neutral Athletes | 53.289 | 13 | 53.362 | 15 | 53.348 | 14 | 53.211 | 14 | 3:33.210 | +2.585 |
| 14 | 6 | Summer Britcher | United States | 53.389 | 15 | 53.225 | 13 | 53.516 | 15 | 53.423 | 16 | 3:33.553 | +2.928 |
| 15 | 15 | Embyr-Lee Susko | Canada | 53.028 | 9 | 54.390 | 21 | 53.294 | 13 | 53.090 | 10 | 3:33.802 | +3.177 |
| 16 | 9 | Kendija Aparjode | Latvia | 55.059 | 24 | 52.961 | 8 | 53.049 | 8 | 52.919 | 5 | 3:33.988 | +3.363 |
| 17 | 14 | Trinity Ellis | Canada | 53.351 | 14 | 53.510 | 16 | 54.065 | 19 | 53.403 | 15 | 3:34.329 | +3.704 |
| 18 | 24 | Yulianna Tunytska | Ukraine | 53.713 | 18 | 53.626 | 18 | 53.884 | 18 | 53.600 | 17 | 3:34.823 | +4.198 |
| 19 | 25 | Tove Kohala | Sweden | 54.425 | 22 | 53.615 | 17 | 53.740 | 17 | 53.708 | 18 | 3:35.488 | +4.863 |
| 20 | 19 | Olena Smaha | Ukraine | 53.619 | 17 | 54.027 | 19 | 53.678 | 16 | 54.364 | 20 | 3:35.688 | +5.063 |
| 21 | 20 | Wang Peixuan | China | 53.897 | 19 | 54.460 | 22 | 54.274 | 22 | Did not advance | 2:42.631 | — | |
| 22 | 23 | Verónica Ravenna | Argentina | 54.038 | 20 | 54.517 | 24 | 54.341 | 23 | 2:42.896 | |||
| 23 | 21 | Klaudia Domaradzka | Poland | 54.663 | 23 | 54.310 | 20 | 54.365 | 24 | 2:43.338 | |||
| 24 | 18 | Jung Hye-sun | South Korea | 55.118 | 25 | 54.469 | 23 | 54.194 | 21 | 2:43.781 | |||
| 25 | 22 | Corina Buzățoiu | Romania | 54.062 | 21 | 55.786 | 25 | 54.418 | 25 | 2:44.266 | |||