Tobias Wendl
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Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.
Olympics
Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in Aachen, Germany.[2] He began competing in the luge in 1993; and became a part of the national team in 2005, luging as a front.[2] At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, he won a silver medal; and at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the team relay events.[2] He won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, in Whistler, Canada.[2] Wendl competes in the double with Tobias Arlt, and is the front.[2] Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express"[4] and "The Two Tobis".[5]
He competed at the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the team relay and a bronze medal in the doubles event.[6]
Wendl won two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi; in the luge double with Tobias Arlt, he won a gold in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track: this was half a second ahead of the second-placed Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger of Austria;[7] this winning margin was the biggest ever in Olympic luge doubles.[8] In the pair's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[9]
Wendl then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Arlt;[10] finishing more than one full second ahead of the second-placed Russian Federation team, in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.[11]
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Wendl won a bronze medal in the doubles event, along with Arlt. This ended Germany's bid for a fourth consecutive gold medal in doubles at the Olympics.[12][13]
Personal life
He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.[4]
Luge results
All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).[2][1]
World Championships
- 21 medals – (10 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze)
| Year | Age | Doubles | Sprint | Team relay | Mixed doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2011 Cesena | 23 | DNF | N/a | N/a | N/a |
 2012 Altenberg | 24 | 4th | N/a | — | |
 2013 Whistler | 25 | Gold | N/a | Gold | |
 2015 Sigulda | 27 | Gold | N/a | Gold | |
| 2016 Königssee | 28 | Gold | Gold | Gold | |
 2017 Innsbruck | 29 | Silver | Gold | — | |
| 2019 Winterberg | 31 | Silver | Silver | — | |
 2020 Sochi | 32 | Bronze | Bronze | — | |
| 2021 Königssee | 33 | Silver | Gold | — | |
| 2023 Oberhof | 35 | Silver | Silver | — | |
| 2024 Altenberg | 36 | Bronze | 7th | Gold | |
| 2025 Whistler | 37 | Bronze | N/a | — | Bronze |
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 | |||||||||
| 2007–08 |  7 |
 4 |
 5 |
 9 |
2 |
3 |
 4 |
5 |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | – |
2 |
– |
– |
N/a | N/a | 470 | 5th | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2008–09 | 6 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
 5 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
16 |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | 2 |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
N/a | 521 | 4th | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2009–10 | 11 |
5 |
5 |
 8 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | – |
1 |
1 |
1 |
– |
N/a | 526 | 4th | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2010–11 | 4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
 2 |
7 |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
– |
746 | 1st | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2011–12 | 4 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
 3 |
3 |
2 |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | 2 |
– |
2 |
– |
1 |
3 |
720 | 2nd | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2012–13 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
827 | 1st | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2013–14 | 1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
– |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | – |
– |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
770 | 1st | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2014–15 | 4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
N/a | – |
1 |
1 |
– |
1 |
1 |
1055 | 2nd | N/a | N/a | ||||
| 2015–16 | 3 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
N/a | – |
– |
1 |
2 |
– |
– |
1037[14] | 1st | ||||||
| 2016–17 | 3 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
 2 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
N/a | – |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
888 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2017–18 | 3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
11 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
911 | 2nd | 2nd | N/a | ||||
| 2018–19 | 7 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
19 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
N/a | – |
1 |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
790 | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | ||||
| 2019–20 | 2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
– |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
N/a | – |
– |
4 |
1 |
– |
– |
846 | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 2020–21 | 4 |
3 |
18 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
N/a | – |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
CNX |
773 | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||||
| 2021–22 |  9 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
N/a | – |
2 |
– |
4 |
– |
– |
796 | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 2022–23 | 5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
N/a | – |
2 |
2 |
– |
1 |
2 |
1014 | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
