FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships

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The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1979. These championships are shown for natural tracks. See FIL World Luge Championships for all artificial track events that have taken place since 1955.

[edit] Host cities

• 1979: Inzing, Austria
• 1980: Passeier, Italy
• 1982: Feld am See, Austria
• 1984: Kreuth, West Germany
• 1986: Fénis-Aosta, Italy
• 1990: Gsies, Italy
• 1992: Bad Goisern, Austria
• 1994: Gsies, Italy
• 1996: Oberperfuss, Austria
• 1998: Rautavaara, Finland
• 2000: Olang-Valdaora, Italy
• 2001: Stein an der Enns, Austria
• 2003: Železniki, Slovenia
• 2005: Latsch, Italy
• 2007: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
• 2009: Moos, Italy

[edit] Men's singles

Debutted: 1979.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1979 Inzing	Werner Prantl (AUT)	Damiano Lugon (ITA)	Erich Graber (ITA)
1980 Passeier	Erich Graber (ITA)	Damiano Lugon (ITA)	Otto Bachman (ITA)
1982 Feld am See	Gerhard Pircher (AUT)	Otto Bachman (ITA)	Werner Prantl (AUT)
1984 Kreuth	Alfred Kogler (AUT)	Giuseppe Cerise (ITA)	Willi Danklmaier (AUT)
1986 Fénis-Aosta	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Damiano Lugon (ITA)	Harald Steinhauser (ITA)
1990 Gsies	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Corrado Herin (ITA)	Harald Steinhauser (ITA)
1992 Bad Goisern	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Willi Danklmaier (AUT)	Franz Obrist (ITA)
1994 Gsies	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Franz Obrist (ITA)	Erhard Mahlknecht (ITA)
1996 Oberperfuss	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Anton Blasbichler (ITA)	Franz Obrist (ITA)
1998 Rautavaara	Reinhard Gruber (ITA)	Martin Gruber (ITA)	Anton Blasbichler (ITA)
2000 Olang-Valdaora	Gerald Kallan (AUT)	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Anton Blasbichler (ITA)
2001 Stein an der Enns	Anton Blasbichler (ITA)	Ferdinand Hirzegger (AUT)	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)
2003 Železniki	Robert Batkowski (AUT)	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Gerald Kallan (AUT)
2005 Latsch	Anton Blasbichler (ITA)	Andreas Castiglioni (ITA)	Patrick Pigneter (ITA)
2007 Grande Prairie	Gernot Schwab (AUT)	Gerhard Pilz (AUT)	Patrick Pigneter (ITA)

[edit] Women's singles

Debutted: 1979.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1979 Inzing	Delia Vaudan (ITA)	Ingrid Zameter (ITA)	Roswitha Fischer (ITA)
1980 Passeier	Delia Vaudan (ITA)	Christa Fontana (ITA)	Roswitha Fischer (ITA)
1982 Feld am See	Herta Hafner (ITA)	Hilde Fuchs (AUT)	Paula Peintner (ITA)
1984 Kreuth	Delia Vaudan (ITA)	Paula Peintner (ITA)	Irmgard Lanthaler (ITA)
1986 Fénis-Aosta	Irmgard Lanthaler (ITA)	Delia Vaudan (ITA)	Helga Pichler (ITA)
1990 Gsies	Jeanette Koppensteiner (AUT)	Irene Koch (AUT)	Lyubov Panyutina (URS)
1992 Bad Goisern	Lyubov Panyutina (CIS)	Elvira Holzknecht (AUT)	Irene Koch (AUT)
1994 Gsies	Beatrix Mahlknecht (ITA)	Irene Zechner (AUT)	Doris Haselrieder (ITA)
1996 Oberperfuss	Irene Zechner (AUT)	Elvira Holzknecht (AUT)	Sandra Mariner (AUT)
1998 Rautavaara	Lyubov Panyutina (RUS)	Christa Gietl (ITA)	Sonja Steinacher (ITA)
2000 Olang-Valdaora	Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS)	Sonja Steinacher (ITA)	Elvira Holzknecht (AUT)
2001 Stein an der Enns	Sonja Steinacher (ITA)	Renate Gietl (ITA)	Sandra Mariner (AUT)
2003 Železniki	Sonja Steinacher (ITA)	Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS)	Irene Mitterstieler (ITA)
2005 Latsch	Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS)	Barbara Abart (ITA)	Renate Gietl (ITA)
2007 Grande Prairie	Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS)	Yuliya Vetlova (RUS)	Melanie Batkowski (AUT)

[edit] Men's doubles

Debutted: 1979.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1979 Inzing	Damiano Lugon Andrea Millet  Italy	Werner Mücke Helmut Huter  Austria	Werner Prantl Florian Prantl  Austria
1980 Passeier	Oswald Pornbacher Raimund Pigneter  Italy	Martin Jud Harald Steinhauser  Italy	Werner Mücke Helmut Huter  Austria
1982 Feld am See	Andreas Jud Ernst Oberhammer  Italy	Alfred Kogler Franz Huber  Austria	Werner Prantl Florian Prantl  Austria
1984 Kreuth	Andreas Jud Ernst Oberhammer  Italy	Martin Jud Harald Steinhauser  Italy	Alfred Kogler Franz Huber  Austria
1986 Fénis-Aosta	Almir Bentemps Corrado Herin  Italy	Andreas Jud Ernst Oberhammer  Italy	Arnold Lunger Gunther Steinhauser  Italy
1990 Gsies	Andreas Jud Hannes Pichler  Italy	Almir Bentemps Corrado Herin  Italy	Walter Mauracher Georg Eberhardter  Austria
1992 Bad Goisern	Almir Bentemps Corrado Herin  Italy	Roland Wolf Stefan Kögler  Austria	Michael Bischofer Herbert Kögl  Austria
1994 Gsies	Manfred Graber Gunther Steinhauser  Italy	Jurgen Pezzi Christian Hafner  Italy	Roland Niedermair Hubert Burger  Italy
1996 Oberperfuss	Reinhard Beer Herbert Kögl  Austria	Andi Kütz Helmut Kütz  Austria	Martin Psenner Arthur Konig  Italy
1998 Rautavaara	Andi Kütz Helmut Kütz  Austria	Manfred Graber Hubert Burger  Italy	Reinhard Beer Herbert Kögl  Austria
2000 Olang-Valdaora	Armin Mair David Mair  Italy	Reinhard Beer Herbert Kögl  Austria	Andrzej Laszczak Damian Waniczek  Poland
2001 Stein an der Enns	Wolfgang Schopf Andreas Schopf  Austria	Armin Mair David Mair  Italy	Peter Lechner Peter Braunegger  Austria
2003 Železniki	Wolfgang Schopf Andreas Schopf  Austria	Pavel Porzhnev Ivan Lazarev  Russia	Harald Kleinhoffer Gerhard Mühlbacher  Austria
2005 Latsch	Pavel Porzhnev Ivan Lazarev  Russia	Armin Mair Johannes Hofer  Italy	Andrzej Laszczak Damian Waniczek  Poland
2007 Grande Prairie	Pavel Porzhnev Ivan Lazarev  Russia	Aleksandr Yegorov Pyotr Popov  Russia	Christian Schatz Gerhard Mühlbacher  Austria

[edit] Mixed team

Debutted: 2003.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003 Železniki	Sonja Steinacher Anton Blasbichler Armin Mair David Mair  Italy	Marlies Wagner Gerhard Pilz Peter Lechner Peter Braunegger  Austria	Renate Gietl Martin Gruber Thomas Graf Michael Graf  Italy
2005 Latsch	Melanie Batkowski Robert Batkowski Reinhard Beer Herbert Kögl  Austria	Yekaterina Lavrentyeva Aleksey Lebedev Pavel Porzhnev Ivan Lazarev  Russia	Renate Gietl Anton Blasbichler Armin Mair Johannes Hofer  Italy
2007 Grande Prairie	Melanie Batkowski Gernot Schwab Christian Schatz Gerhard Mühlbacher  Austria	Renate Gietl Patrick Pigneter Patrick Pigneter Florian Clara  Italy	Marlies Wagner Gerald Kammerlander Reinhard Beer Herbert Kögl  Austria

[edit] Medal table

Updated as of the 2007 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	23	27	25	75
2	Austria	18	16	20	54
3	Russia (Since 1994)	6	5	0	11
4	Poland	0	0	2	2
5	Commonwealth of Independent States (1992 only)	1	0	0	1
6	Soviet Union (1979-90)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Men's doubles natural track World Champions
• Men's singles natural track World Champions
• Mixed teams natural track World Champions
• Women's singles natural track World Champions

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