FIL World Luge Championships 2007

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Official logo of the FIL World Luge Championships 2007
Official logo of the FIL World Luge Championships 2007

The FIL World Luge Championships 2007 took place February 2-4, 2007 at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Igls, Austria for the fourth time after having hosted the event in 1977, 1987, and 1997.

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[edit] Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Germany David Möller (GER)
Silver Flag of Italy Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
Bronze Flag of Germany Jan Eichhorn (GER)

[edit] Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Germany Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
Silver Flag of Germany Anke Wischnewski (GER)
Bronze Flag of Germany Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (GER)

Hüfner followed her Winter Olympic bronze medal at Turin with a gold at this championship event.

[edit] Men's doubles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Germany (Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch) (GER)
Silver Flag of Austria (Tobias Schiegl, Markus Schiegl) (AUT)
Bronze Flag of the United States (Mark Grimmette, Brian Martin) (USA)

Grimette and Martin of the United States won their third straight bronze medal in this event at the World Championships while Leitner and Resch won their sixth overall medal in this event in the championships, including their fourth gold. Scheigl and Schiegl also won their sixth overall medal in this event.

[edit] Mixed team

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Germany Germany (David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch)
Silver Flag of Italy Italy (Armin Zöggeler, Sandra Gasparini, Christian Oberstolz, Patrick Gruber)
Bronze Flag of Austria Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmeyer, Peter Penz, Georg Fischler)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Germany Germany 4 1 2 7
2 Flag of Italy Italy 0 2 0 2
3 Flag of Austria Austria 0 1 1 2
4 Flag of the United States United States 0 0 1 1

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