# FIL World Luge Championships 2011

The FIL World Luge Championships 2011 took place 28–30 January 2011 in Cesana, Italy at the Cesana Pariol bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track. A total of 19 countries competed.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Armin Zöggeler Italy | Felix Loch Germany | Andi Langenhan Germany |
| Women's singles | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | Alex Gough Canada |
| Doubles | Austria Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger | Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber | Latvia Andris Šics Juris Šics |
| Team relay | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

## Men's singles

Germany's Felix Loch is the defending Olympic and world champion in this event. The event took place on 29 January at 15:00 CET. Zöggeler came from 0.057 seconds down after the first run to defeat defending world champion Loch by 0.021 seconds. It was the Italian's sixth world championship overall, but his first since the 2005 championships in Park City, Utah in the United States where Zöggeler won his 2002 Olympic gold medal.
37 athletes from 18 countries competed.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Behind |
| | 6 | Armin Zöggeler | Italy | 51.568 | 51.970 | 1:43.538 | |
| | 1 | Felix Loch | Germany | 51.511 | 52.048 | 1:43.559 | +0.021 |
| | 4 | Andi Langenhan | Germany | 51.827 | 52.186 | 1:44.013 | +0.475 |
| 4 | 3 | David Möller | Germany | 51.803 | 52.318 | 1:44.121 | +0.583 |
| 5 | 2 | Reinhold Rainer | Italy | 52.036 | 52.135 | 1:44.171 | +0.633 |
| 6 | 11 | Daniel Pfister | Austria | 51.957 | 52.219 | 1:44.176 | +0.638 |
| 7 | 7 | Jan-Armin Eichhorn | Germany | 51.940 | 52.284 | 1:44.224 | +0.686 |
| 8 | 9 | Wolfgang Kindl | Austria | 52.026 | 52.241 | 1:44.267 | +0.729 |
| 9 | 12 | Viktor Kneyb | Russia | 52.245 | 52.200 | 1:44.445 | +0.907 |
| 10 | 16 | Mārtiņš Rubenis | Latvia | 52.160 | 52.322 | 1:44.482 | +0.944 |
| 11 | 8 | Reinhard Egger | Austria | 52.227 | 52.403 | 1:44.630 | +1.092 |
| 12 | 15 | David Mair | Italy | 52.278 | 52.362 | 1:44.640 | +1.102 |
| 12 | 19 | Bengt Walden | United States | 52.335 | 52.305 | 1:44.640 | +1.102 |
| 14 | 22 | Manuel Pfister | Austria | 52.279 | 52.417 | 1:44.696 | +1.158 |
| 15 | 14 | Gregory Carigiet | Switzerland | 52.241 | 52.486 | 1:44.727 | +1.189 |
| 16 | 13 | Samuel Edney | Canada | 52.329 | 52.414 | 1:44.743 | +1.205 |
| 17 | 20 | Jozef Ninis | Slovakia | 52.324 | 52.421 | 1:44.745 | +1.207 |
| 18 | 10 | Jeff Christie | Canada | 52.341 | 52.461 | 1:44.802 | +1.264 |
| 19 | 23 | Maciej Kurowski | Poland | 52.436 | 52.383 | 1:44.819 | +1.281 |
| 20 | 18 | Evgeniy Voskresenskiy | Russia | 52.323 | 52.611 | 1:44.934 | +1.396 |
| 21 | 21 | Inars Kivlenieks | Latvia | 52.551 | 52.398 | 1:44.949 | +1.411 |
| 22 | 26 | Brendan Hauptmann | Canada | 52.562 | 52.419 | 1:44.981 | +1.443 |
| 23 | 29 | Chris Mazdzer | United States | 52.515 | 52.563 | 1:45.078 | +1.540 |
| 24 | 17 | Thor Haug Norbech | Norway | 52.330 | 53.233 | 1:45.563 | +2.025 |
| 25 | 27 | Semen Pavlichenko | Russia | 52.460 | 53.162 | 1:45.622 | +2.084 |
| 26 | 24 | Jo Alexander Koppang | Norway | 52.631 | | | |
| 27 | 30 | Andriy Mandziy | Ukraine | 52.905 | | | |
| 28 | 25 | Tonnes Stang Rolfsen | Norway | 52.907 | | | |
| 29 | 28 | Ondrej Hymann | Czech Republic | 53.128 | | | |
| 30 | 37 | Valentin Cretu | Romania | 53.187 | | | |
| 31 | 31 | Andriy Kis | Ukraine | 53.202 | | | |
| 32 | 5 | Albert Demchenko | Russia | 53.325 | | | |
| 33 | 32 | Bogdan Macovei | Moldova | 53.425 | | | |
| 34 | 34 | Karol Stuchlak | Slovakia | 54.142 | | | |
| 35 | 33 | Hindenari Kanayama | Japan | 54.154 | | | |
| 36 | 35 | Bruno Banani | Tonga | 55.698 | | | |
| 37 | 36 | Danej Navrboc | Slovenia | 56.740 | | | |

## Women's singles

Erin Hamlin of the United States in the defending world champion while Germany's Tatjana Hüfner in the defending Olympic champion. The event took place on 29 January at 08:20 CET.
26 athletes from 13 countries competed.
Hüfner rebounded from her disappointing finish at the 2009 championships with her third gold medal in this event. Defending champion Hamlin finished 14th. Geisenberger won her third straight silver in this event. Gough becomes the first Canadian woman to medal at the World Championships and the second Canadian overall after Miroslav Zajonc's gold in the men's singles event at the 1983 championships.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Behind |
| | 1 | Tatjana Hüfner | Germany | 46.976 | 46.993 | 1:33.969 | |
| | 8 | Natalie Geisenberger | Germany | 47.027 | 47.216 | 1:34.243 | +0.274 |
| | 10 | Alex Gough | Canada | 47.051 | 47.362 | 1:34.413 | +0.444 |
| 4 | 4 | Nina Reithmayer | Austria | 47.174 | 47.296 | 1:34.470 | +0.501 |
| 5 | 2 | Anke Wischnewski | Germany | 47.328 | 47.263 | 1:34.591 | +0.622 |
| 6 | 7 | Carina Schwab | Germany | 47.227 | 47.431 | 1:34.658 | +0.689 |
| 7 | 3 | Veronika Halder | Austria | 47.374 | 47.573 | 1:34.947 | +0.978 |
| 8 | 9 | Martina Kocher | Switzerland | 47.475 | 47.539 | 1:35.014 | +1.045 |
| 9 | 13 | Alexandra Rodionova | Russia | 47.472 | 47.569 | 1:35.041 | +1.072 |
| 10 | 6 | Sandra Gasparini | Italy | 47.461 | 47.670 | 1:35.131 | +1.162 |
| 11 | 5 | Tatiana Ivanova | Russia | 47.532 | 47.714 | 1:35.246 | +1.277 |
| 12 | 17 | Julia Clukey | United States | 47.667 | 47.730 | 1:35.397 | +1.428 |
| 13 | 12 | Arianne Jones | Canada | 47.773 | 47.775 | 1:35.548 | +1.579 |
| 14 | 11 | Erin Hamlin | United States | 48.234 | 47.326 | 1:35.560 | +1.591 |
| 15 | 16 | Veronika Sabolova | Slovakia | 47.900 | 47.934 | 1:35.834 | +1.865 |
| 16 | 15 | Ksenia Tsyplakova | Russia | 47.760 | 48.134 | 1:35.894 | +1.925 |
| 17 | 19 | Ashley Walden | United States | 48.162 | 48.003 | 1:36.165 | +2.196 |
| 18 | 20 | Raluca Stramaturaru | Romania | 48.540 | 48.325 | 1:36.865 | +2.896 |
| 19 | 14 | Maija Tiruma | Latvia | 47.764 | 49.415 | 1:37.179 | +3.210 |
| 20 | 24 | Violeta Stramaturaru | Romania | 48.954 | 48.857 | 1:37.811 | +3.842 |
| 21 | 26 | Morgane Villien | France | 49.303 | | | |
| 22 | 21 | Maryna Halaydzhyan | Ukraine | 49.316 | | | |
| 23 | 23 | Natalia Khoreva | Russia | 50.572 | | | |
| 24 | 25 | Mihaela Chiras | Romania | 51.153 | | | |
| | 22 | Morgane Bonnefoy | France | DNF | | | |
| | 18 | Ewelina Staszulonek | Poland | DSQ | | | |

## Men's doubles

Italy's Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder are the defending world champions. Austria's Andreas and Wolfgang Linger are the two-time defending Olympic champions. Plankensteiner and Haselrieder retired between the 2010 Winter Olympics and the start of the 2010-11 Luge World Cup. The first run of the event will take place on 29 January at 19:00 CET while the second run will take place at 09:00 CET the next day.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Behind |
| | 6 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger | Austria | 46.668 | 46.612 | 1:33.280 | |
| | 10 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber | Italy | 46.752 | 46.760 | 1:33.512 | +0.232 |
| | 7 | Andris Šics Juris Šics | Latvia | 46.909 | 46.819 | 1:33.728 | +0.448 |
| 4 | 3 | Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin | Russia | 46.919 | 46.820 | 1:33.739 | +0.459 |
| 5 | 11 | Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner | Italy | 47.041 | 47.017 | 1:34.058 | +0.778 |
| 6 | 2 | Hans Peter Fischnaller Patrick Schwienbacher | Italy | 47.017 | 47.054 | 1:34.071 | +0.791 |
| 7 | 16 | Matthew Mortensen Preston Griffall | United States | 47.055 | 47.072 | 1:34.127 | +0.847 |
| 8 | 14 | Tristan Walker Justin Snith | Canada | 47.163 | 46.983 | 1:34.146 | +0.866 |
| 9 | 12 | Ronny Pietrasik Christian Weise | Germany | 47.145 | 47.006 | 1:34.151 | +0.871 |
| 10 | 4 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | Germany | 47.199 | 46.994 | 1:34.193 | +0.913 |
| 11 | 1 | Christian Niccum Jayson Terdiman | United States | 46.955 | 47.253 | 1:34.208 | +0.928 |
| 12 | 5 | Mikhail Kuzmich Stanislav Mikheev | Russia | 47.167 | 47.149 | 1:34.316 | +1.036 |
| 13 | 13 | Ivan Nevmerzhitski Vladimir Prokhorov | Russia | 47.081 | 47.307 | 1:34.388 | +1.108 |
| 14 | 8 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler | Austria | 46.757 | 47.917 | 1:34.674 | +1.394 |
| 15 | 18 | Ján Harniš Branislav Regec | Slovakia | 47.504 | 47.299 | 1:34.803 | +1.523 |
| 16 | 15 | Antonín Brož Lukáš Brož | Czech Republic | 47.470 | 47.343 | 1:34.813 | +1.533 |
| 17 | 17 | Paul Ifrim Andrei Anghel | Romania | 47.603 | 48.426 | 1:36.029 | +2.749 |
| 18 | 20 | Arthur Petyniak Adam Wanielista | Poland | 48.237 | | | |
| 19 | 19 | Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuţ Ţăran | Romania | 48.250 | | | |
| | 9 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | Germany | 47.866 | | | |

## Mixed team relay

The German team of Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, André Florschütz, and Torsten Wustlich were the defending world champions. The event was to have taken place on 30 January at 10:20 CET, but was cancelled due to technical problems.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |