FIL World Luge Championships 2007

The FIL World Luge Championships 2007 took place February 2-4, 2007 at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Igls, Austria for the fourth time after having hosted the event in 1977, 1987, and 1997.

Official logo of the FIL World Luge Championships 2007

Men's singles edit

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   David Möller (GER) 1:38.052
Silver   Armin Zöggeler (ITA) +0.007
Bronze   Jan Eichhorn (GER) +0.111

Women's singles edit

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 1:19.808
Silver   Anke Wischnewski (GER) +0.140
Bronze   Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (GER) +0.172

Hüfner followed her Winter Olympic bronze medal at Turin with a gold at this championship event.

Men's doubles edit

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Germany (Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch) 1:19.285
Silver   Austria (Tobias Schiegl, Markus Schiegl) +0.116
Bronze   United States (Mark Grimmette, Brian Martin) +0.215

Grimette and Martin of the United States won their third straight bronze medal in this event at the World Championships while Leitner and Resch won their sixth overall medal in this event in the championships, including their fourth gold. Scheigl and Schiegl also won their sixth overall medal in this event.

Mixed team edit

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Germany (David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch) 2:09.159
Silver   Italy (Armin Zöggeler, Sandra Gasparini, Christian Oberstolz, Patrick Gruber) +0.682
Bronze   Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmeyer, Peter Penz, Georg Fischler) +0.823

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)4127
2  Italy (ITA)0202
3  Austria (AUT)0112
4  United States (USA)0011
Totals (4 entries)44412

References edit