Merle Fräbel (born 11 June 2003) is a German luger. She is the Under-23 World Champion, and Winter Youth Olympics champion in luge singles discipline.
Career Junior and youth career Merle Fräbel started her luge career at the age of eight. At the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne 2020, she achieved her greatest success in the youth and junior divisions, winning gold in the singles and silver in the team relay. She was the first German female luger to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games. In the following season, 2021/22, she won the overall World Cup in both the singles and the team in the Junior World Cup. She won the bronze medal at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Winterberg. Senior career Merle Fräbel started her Luge World Cup debut races in the 2022/23 season after good results in the German qualifying races, in which she won three of the four races. At the 2023 Luge World Championships on her home track in Oberhof, she took fourth place in the sprint. In the singles, she was fifth and also secured the U23 World Championship gold medal.
Luge results All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).
Olympic Games EventAge Singles Team relay 2026 Milano Cortina 22 8 —
World Championships 1 medal (1 silver) YearAge Singles Sprint Team relay Mixed singles 2023 Oberhof 19 5th 4th — rowspan=2 2024 Altenberg 20 — 7th — 2025 Whistler 21 Silver — DSQ
World Cup Season Singles Sprint Team relay Mixed singlesPointsOverallSinglesSprint 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 2022–23 63 11 – 4 9 6 6 12 5 123 – – – – – –rowspan="2" colspan="3" 542 6th 7th 5th 2023–24 14 3 12 14 7 1 6 9 3 14 4 4 – – – – 1 – 611 7th 6th 6th 2024–25 5 8 4 2 3 5 4 2 3colspan="4" – 1 – 3 1 2 582 4th
U23 World Championships 2023 Oberhof – in Singles
Junior World Championships 2022 Winterberg - in Singles
Junior European Championships 2023 Sigulda - in Singles
References
External links
Merle Malou Fraebel at Milano Cortina 2026