Natalie Geisenberger

Natalie Geisenberger (German: [ˈnataliː ˈɡaɪ̯zn̩ˌbɛʁɡɐ] (listen); born 5 February 1988) is a German luger.

Natalie Geisenberger
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988[1]
Munich,[1]
West Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryGermany
SportLuge
Event(s)Singles
ClubRRT Miesbach
Coached byNorbert Loch
Patric Leitner
Georg Hackl[2]

Career

She became Olympic Champion in the women's singles event and in the team relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. With four gold medals and one bronze, she is the most successful and decorated female Olympic luger.

Geisenberger has won totally six gold and four silver medals at the FIL European Luge Championships. She also accounts fifteen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships including nine golds, four silver and two bronze. She is the most decorated and most successful female luger in championships history.

After four consecutive seasons finishing second in the overall classification of the Luge World Cup, she finally won her first title in the 2012–13 season, after completing an outstanding scoreboard with six wins and three-second places. She totally has won 7 world cups in singles and 3 in sprint which both of them are the most world cups of all-time in women's competitions.

Personal life

At age six her family moved to the city of Miesbach where Gert Schabbehard of the local Club RRT Miesbach introduced her to the sport at age 10. After a very successful junior career in which she won 14 Junior World Cup competitions and three Junior World Championships, she was promoted to the senior German team. Her first senior competition was on 20 January 2007 at the Altenberg, Germany World Cup where she came in second.

Geisenberger is currently a student with the German Federal Police at the Sports School in Bad Endorf.

On 1 June 2018, she married Markus Scheer in Schliersee.[3]

In October 2019, she announced that she will not race in 2019–20 Season due to pregnancy. She gave birth to son Leo on May 2020.

References
  1. FIL-Luge profile. Retrieved 9 December 2010
  2. 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.
  3. . Retrieved 2 June 2018
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