Tobias Arlt
Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger, acting as a backdriver. 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 FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Career
Tobias Arlt was born on 2 June 1987 in Berchtesgaden,[2] West Germany.[4][5] He began luging at the age of four,[6] beginning to compete in 1991; his national debut was in 2006.[2] Arlt is a backdriver[5] in luging,[6] and his partner for doubles is Tobias Wendl. As a team, they have several nicknames, including "The Bayern-Express"[6] and "The Two Tobis".[7] At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championship in Oberhof, Germany, in the men's doubles, Arlt won a silver medal.[2] At the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships in Sigulda, Latvia, 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.[2] Arlt and Wendl have finished in first place in the overall World Cup standings three times in the last four years.[5] 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.[8]
Olympics
At Arlt's debut Olympics,[2] the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, 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 and Wolfgang Linger.[7] This was the biggest ever winning margin in Olympic luge doubles.[9] In Arlt and Wendl's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[10] Arlt then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Wendl.[11] They won in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds, which was one second ahead of the second-placed Russian Federation.[12]
Personal life
Arlt is also a police officer in the German Federal Police.[13][6] His hobbies, besides luging, include tennis, windsurfing, snowboarding, and motorbiking.[6][5] Arlt has a girlfriend, who, in December 2013, gave birth to a daughter.[5]
Luge results
All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).[2][1]
World Championships
- 19 medals – (19 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze)
Year | Age | Doubles | Sprint | Team relay |
---|---|---|---|---|
Italy 2011 Cesena | 23 | DNF | — | — |
Germany 2012 Altenberg | 24 | 4th | — | — |
Canada 2013 Whistler | 25 | Gold | — | Gold |
Latvia 2015 Sigulda | 27 | Gold | — | Gold |
Germany 2016 Königssee | 28 | Gold | Gold | Gold |
Austria 2017 Innsbruck | 29 | Silver | Gold | — |
Germany 2019 Winterberg | 31 | Silver | Silver | — |
Russia 2020 Sochi | 32 | Bronze | Bronze | — |
Germany 2021 Königssee | 33 | Silver | Gold | — |
Germany 2023 Oberhof | 35 | Silver | Silver | — |
Germany 2024 Altenberg | 36 | Bronze | 7th | Gold |
World Cup
Season | Doubles | Sprint | Team relay | Points | Overall | Doubles | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
2007–08 | Lake Placid 7 |
Calgary 4 |
Winterberg 5 |
Innsbruck 9 |
Königssee 2 |
Altenberg 3 |
Sigulda 1 4 |
Sigulda 2 5 |
— | — | — | — | — | Lake Placid – |
Winterberg 2 |
Königssee – |
Sigulda – |
— | — | 470 | 5th | — | — | ||||
2008–09 | Innsbruck 6 |
Sigulda 5 |
Winterberg 4 |
Königssee 2 |
Cesana 5 |
Oberhof 1 |
Altenberg 5 |
Calgary 10 |
Whistler 16 |
— | — | — | — | Sigulda 2 |
Winterberg – |
Königssee – |
Oberhof 1 |
Altenberg 1 |
— | 521 | 4th | — | — | ||||
2009–10 | Calgary 11 |
Innsbruck 5 |
Altenberg 5 |
Lillehammer 8 |
Königssee 1 |
Winterberg 5 |
Oberhof 2 |
Cesana 1 |
— | — | — | — | — | Innsbruck – |
Altenberg 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Winterberg 1 |
Oberhof – |
— | 526 | 4th | — | — | ||||
2010–11 | Innsbruck 4 |
Winterberg 1 |
Calgary 1 |
Park City 3 |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 1 |
Altenberg 2 |
File:Flag of Russia.svg 2 |
Sigulda 7 |
— | — | — | — | Innsbruck 1 |
Winterberg 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 1 |
Altenberg 1 |
Sigulda – |
746 | 1st | — | — | ||||
2011–12 | Innsbruck 4 |
Whistler 6 |
Calgary 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 2 |
Winterberg 1 |
St. Moritz 3 |
Sigulda 3 |
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— | — | — | — | Innsbruck 2 |
Whistler – |
Calgary 2 |
Oberhof – |
Winterberg 1 |
Sigulda 3 |
720 | 2nd | — | — | ||||
2012–13 | Innsbruck 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Altenberg 1 |
Sigulda 2 |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 2 |
Winterberg 8 |
Lake Placid 1 |
Sochi 1 |
— | — | — | — | Innsbruck 1 |
Altenberg 1 |
Sigulda 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Lake Placid 1 |
Sochi 1 |
827 | 1st | — | — | ||||
2013–14 | Lillehammer 1 |
Innsbruck 2 |
Winterberg 1 |
Whistler 1 |
Park City 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 2 |
Altenberg 1 |
Sigulda – |
— | — | — | — | Innsbruck – |
Winterberg – |
Whistler 1 |
Park City 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Altenberg 3 |
770 | 1st | — | — | ||||
2014–15 | Innsbruck 4 |
Lake Placid 2 |
Calgary 2 |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 1 |
Winterberg 2 |
Lillehammer 1 |
Altenberg 1 |
Sochi 1 |
Innsbruck 3 |
Calgary 1 |
Altenberg 3 |
— | Lake Placid – |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 1 |
Winterberg – |
Lillehammer 1 |
Sochi 1 |
1055 | 2nd | — | — | ||||
2015–16 | Innsbruck 3 |
Lake Placid 8 |
Park City 1 |
Calgary 3 |
Sigulda 1 |
Oberhof 1 |
Sochi 1 |
Altenberg 2 |
Winterberg 2 |
Park City 2 |
Calgary 1 |
Oberhof 1 |
— | Innsbruck – |
Lake Placid – |
Sigulda 1 |
Sochi 2 |
Altenberg – |
Winterberg – |
1037[14] | 1st | ||||||
2016–17 | Winterberg 3 |
Lake Placid 8 |
Whistler 2 |
Park City 1 |
Königssee 1 |
Sigulda 10 |
Oberhof 1 |
Pyeongchang 2 |
Altenberg 13 |
Winterberg 2 |
Park City 2 |
Sigulda 3 |
— | Lake Placid – |
Königssee 1 |
Sigulda – |
Oberhof 1 |
Pyeongchang – |
Altenberg – |
888 | 2nd | ||||||
2017–18 | Innsbruck 3 |
Winterberg 2 |
Altenberg 4 |
Calgary 3 |
Lake Placid 7 |
Königssee 1 |
Oberhof 2 |
Lillehammer 3 |
Sigulda 3 |
Winterberg 1 |
Lake Placid 10 |
Lillehammer 2 |
Sigulda 11 |
Innsbruck – |
Altenberg – |
Calgary – |
Königssee – |
Oberhof – |
Sigulda – |
911 | 2nd | 2nd | — | ||||
2018–19 | Innsbruck 7 |
Whistler 3 |
Calgary 1 |
Lake Placid 2 |
Königssee 2 |
Sigulda 4 |
Altenberg 19 |
Oberhof 1 |
Sochi 7 |
Innsbruck 3 |
Lake Placid 4 |
Sochi 7 |
— | Whistler – |
Calgary 1 |
Königssee – |
Sigulda – |
Oberhof 2 |
Sochi – |
790 | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | ||||
2019–20 | Innsbruck 2 |
Lake Placid 1 |
Whistler 2 |
Altenberg 7 |
Lillehammer 7 |
Sigulda 2 |
Oberhof 1 |
Winterberg – |
Königssee 2 |
Lake Placid 3 |
Whistler 2 |
Sigulda 4 |
— | Innsbruck – |
Altenberg – |
Lillehammer 4 |
Oberhof 1 |
Winterberg – |
Königssee – |
846 | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
2020–21 | Innsbruck 4 |
Altenberg 3 |
Oberhof 18 |
Winterberg 1 |
Königssee 2 |
Sigulda 2 |
Oberhof 2 |
Innsbruck 9 |
St. Moritz 5 |
Innsbruck 5 |
Winterberg 3 |
Innsbruck 7 |
— | Innsbruck – |
Altenberg – |
Oberhof – |
Königssee – |
Sigulda 3 |
St. Moritz CNX |
773 | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||||
2021–22 | Yanqing 9 |
Sochi 3 |
Sochi 5 |
Altenberg 4 |
Innsbruck 4 |
Winterberg 1 |
Sigulda 3 |
Oberhof 2 |
St. Moritz 2 |
Sochi 8 |
Innsbruck 4 |
Sigulda 3 |
— | Yanqing – |
Sochi 2 |
Altenberg – |
Winterberg 4 |
Oberhof – |
St. Moritz – |
796 | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
2022–23 | Innsbruck 5 |
Whistler 2 |
Park City 3 |
Sigulda 2 |
Sigulda 1 |
Altenberg 2 |
Winterberg 1 |
St. Moritz 1 |
Winterberg 1 |
Innsbruck 11 |
Park City 1 |
Winterberg 1 |
— | Whistler – |
Sigulda 1 2 |
Sigulda 2 2 |
Altenberg – |
St. Moritz 1 |
Winterberg 2 |
1014 | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tobias Arlt". bsd-portal.de (in German). German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Arlt, Tobias". International Luge Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harder, Wolfgang (May 2014). "All four gold medals go to the 'Sunshine Training Group'" (PDF). FIL Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 51. Berchtesgaden, Germany: International Luge Federation. p. 9. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ↑ "Wendl und Arlt holen drittes Olympiagold im Rodeln [German]". Die Welt. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Tobias Arlt". NBC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Tobias Arlt". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Withers, Tom (12 February 2014). "Germany's Wendl and Arlt win doubles luge". Yahoo Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ↑ "Germany triumphs in the Team Relay at the end of the World Championships". fil-luge.org. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ↑ Khutork, Rosa (12 February 2014). "Olympics-Luge-Wendl and Arlt extend German gold rush". Reuters. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sochi 2014: Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt win luge doubles gold". BBC. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep". ABC News. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "Luge Team Relay Competition". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "Tobias Arlt, Rennrodeln [German]". Bundespolizei. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ 2015-16 season FIL World Cup results
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