Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German

luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...

r, acting as a back driver. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships, a gold medal at the

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, and two gold medals at his debut Olympics, the

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Career

Tobias Arlt was born on 2 June 1987 in

Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps. South of the town, the Be ...

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

. He began luging at the age of four, beginning to compete in 1991; his national debut was in 2006. Arlt is a back driver in luging, and his partner for doubles is

Tobias Wendl 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 Eu ...

. As a team, they have several nicknames, including "The Bayern-Express" and "The Two Tobis". At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championship in

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, in the men's doubles, Arlt won a silver medal. At the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships in

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, Arlt won a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the team relay disciplines; and at the 2013 FIL World Luge Championships, he won a gold medal. Arlt and Wendl have finished in first place in the overall World Cup standings three times in the last four years. 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.

Olympics

At Arlt's debut Olympics, the

, Arlt won gold in the luge double with Tobias Wendl in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track, half a second ahead of the second-placed Austrians

Andreas Linger Andreas Linger (born 31 May 1981 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed internationally since 2000. He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age, and did their first doubles run when they were 14. Lin ...

and

Wolfgang Linger Wolfgang Linger (born 4 November 1982 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed internationally since 2000. As young children, he and his older brother Andreas learned to luge on a former Olympic luge ...

. This was the biggest ever winning margin in Olympic luge doubles. In Arlt and Wendl's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds. Arlt then won the team relay with

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, and

. They won in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds, which was one second ahead of the second-placed

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Personal life

Arlt is also a police officer in the

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. His hobbies, besides luging, include tennis, windsurfing, snowboarding, and motorbiking. Arlt has a girlfriend, who, in December 2013, gave birth to a daughter.

Luge results

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).

World Championships

* 21 medals – (10 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze)

World Cup

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arlt, Tobias 1987 births Living people Lugers from Berchtesgaden German male lugers Olympic lugers for Germany Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen