Who are the masters of the luge?
Men it would be Armin Zoggeler-Italy as he won gold in both 2002 and 2006 and it was 4th consecutive Olympics he won a medal in singles Luge (Silver-1998 Bronze-1994) For women it would be Sylke Otto-Germany as she won gold in both 2002 and 2006 If you where breaking it down by country Germany they swept the Women’s singles 1-2-3 and won silver in Men’s doubles. Germany has a won a medal in one of 3 Luge events ever since it was part of the Olympics 1964. Germany as 1 unified team (1964 and then in 1992 till present) 26 total medals (11G, 9S and 6B) East Germany 13-8-8=29 (1968-88) and West Germany 1-4-5=10 (1968-88). After that it’s Italy 2nd (based on recent successes) and then Austria. Austria has won a total of 16 medals (4-5-7) and in 2006 won gold in Men’s doubles Italy has won total of 15 medals (7-4-4) winning gold in Men’s singles and Bronze in doubles. Legend of sport is retired luger George Hackl-Germany as he won total of 5 medals in 5 consecutive Olympics IN MEN’S SINGLE’S
