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, a silver and a bronze at the

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, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut

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at the

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in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.

Biography

Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in Aachen,

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. He began competing in the luge in 1993; and became a part of the national team in 2005, luging as a front. At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in

, he won a silver medal; and at the

, Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the mixed team events. He won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, in Whistler,

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. Wendl competes in the double with

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, and is the front. Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express" and "The Two Tobis". He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.

Olympics

Wendl won two gold medals at the

in Sochi; in the luge double with

, 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

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and

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

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, and

; finishing more than one full second ahead of the second-placed

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, in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.

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Biography

Olympics

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