Felix Loch

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Medal record
Luge
World Championships
Gold	2008 Oberhof	Men's singles
Gold	2008 Oberhof	Mixed team

Felix Loch (center), at the flowers ceremony after the men's singles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany.

Felix Loch (born July 24, 1989) is a German luger who has been competing since 1995 and has been on the German national team since 2006. He won two gold medals at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, earning them in the men's singles and mixed team event. Loch's men's singles win makes him the youngest world champion ever at 18 years old.

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 member of the Club RC Berchtesgaden and currently lives at Schönau am Königssee though he was born in Sonneberg.

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FIL-Luge profile

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World champions in men's singles luge.

1955: Anton Salvesen * 1957: Hans Schaller * 1958: Jerzy Wojnar * 1959: Herbert Thaler * 1960: Helmut Berndt * 1961: Jerzy Wojnar * 1962: Thomas Köhler * 1963: Fritz Nachmann * 1965: Hans Plenk * 1967: Thomas Köhler * 1969: Josef Feistmantl * 1970: Josef Fendt * 1971: Karl Brunner * 1973: Hans Rinn * 1974: Josef Fendt * 1975: Wolfram Fiedler * 1977: Hans Rinn * 1978: Paul Hildgartner * 1979: Dettlef Günther * 1981: Sergey Danilin * 1983: Miroslav Zajonc * 1985: Michael Walter * 1987: Markus Prock * 1989: Georg Hackl * 1990: Georg Hackl * 1991: Arnold Huber * 1993: Wendel Suckow * 1995: Armin Zöggeler * 1996: Markus Prock * 1997: Georg Hackl * 1999: Armin Zöggeler * 2000: Jens Müller * 2001: Armin Zöggeler * 2003: Armin Zöggeler * 2004: David Möller * 2005: Armin Zöggeler * 2007: David Möller * 2008: Felix Loch

v • d • 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