Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.
Career Wendl was born on 16 June 1987 in Aachen, Germany. 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 Oberhof, Germany, he won a silver medal; and at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, Wendl won a silver medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the team relay events. He won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, in Whistler, Canada. Wendl competes in the double with Tobias Arlt, and is the front. Their nickname when competing together is "The Bayern-Express" and "The Two Tobis".
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.
Olympics Wendl won two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi; in the luge double with Tobias Arlt, 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 Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger 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 Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Arlt; finishing more than one full second ahead of the second-placed Russian Federation team, in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Wendl won a bronze medal in the doubles event, along with Arlt. This ended Germany's bid for a fourth consecutive gold medal in doubles at the Olympics.
Personal life He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.
Luge results All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).
World Championships 21 medals – (10 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze) YearAge Doubles Sprint Team relay Mixed doubles 2011 Cesena 23 DNF rowspan=11 2012 Altenberg 24 4th — 2013 Whistler 25 Gold Gold 2015 Sigulda 27 Gold Gold 2016 Königssee 28 Gold Gold Gold 2017 Innsbruck 29 Silver Gold — 31 Silver Silver — 2020 Sochi 32 Bronze Bronze — 2021 Königssee 33 Silver Gold — 2023 Oberhof 35 Silver Silver — 2024 Altenberg 36 Bronze 7th Gold 2025 Whistler 37 Bronze — Bronze
World Cup Season Doubles Sprint Team relayPointsOverallDoublesSprint1234567891234123456 2007–087 4 5 92 3 4 5 –2 – – 470 5th 2008–09 6 5 4251 5 10 16 2 – –1 1 521 4th 2009–10 11 5 5 81 521 –111 – 526 4th 2010–11 411311 22 7 11111 – 7461st 2011–12 4 61121332 2 –2 –13 7202nd 2012–1311 1212 811 111111 8271st 2013–141211112 1 – – –1113 7701st 2014–15 4221121 1131 3 –11 –11 10552nd 2015–163 813111 22211 – – 1 2 – – 10372015-16 season FIL World Cup results1st 2016–173 8211 1012 13223 –1 –1 – – 8882nd 2017–1832 43 712331 102 11 – – – – – – 9112nd2nd 2018–19 73122 4 191 73 4 7 –1 – –2 – 7903rd3rd 1st 2019–20212 7 721 –232 4 – – 41 – – 8462nd2nd 3rd 2020–21 43 181222 9 5 53 7 – – – –3 773 4th 4th 4th 2021–22 93 5 4 41322 8 43 –2 – 4 – – 7963rd2nd3rd 2022–23 523212111 1111 –22 –12 10141st1st1st
See also List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
References
External links
Tobias Wendl at Milano Cortina 2026