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Steffen Skel (born June 14, 1972) is a German luger who competed from 1992 to 2004. He won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Mixed team: 2000), three silvers (Men's doubles: 2000, 2001; Mixed team: 2001), and one bronze (Men's doubles: 1997).
Skel also won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with three golds (Mixed team: 2002, 2004, 2006) and three silvers (Men's doubles: 1998, 2000; Mixed team: 2000).
His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the men's doubles event at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Skel won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 2000-1.
He is dating German skeleton athlete Diana Sartor, who was nine weeks pregnant during the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin.
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World champions in mixed team relay luge. |
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1989: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber, & Norbert Huber * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, Thomas Jacob, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1991: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Susi Erdmann, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1993: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1995: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1996: Austria - Markus Prock, Markus Schmidt, Angelika Neuner, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 1997: Austria - Markus Prock, Gerhard Gleirscher, Andrea Tagwerker, Angelika Neuner, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl |
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1999: Austria - Markus Prock, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2001: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2003: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2004: Germany - David Möller, Barbara Niedernhuber, Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2005: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, André Florschütz, & Torsten Wustlich * 2007: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch |
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European champions in mixed team relay luge. |
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1988: West Germany - Georg Hackl, Johannes Schettel, Langhof, Veronika Bilgeri, Thomas Schwab, & Wolfgang Staudinger * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1992: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Yves Mankel, & Thomas Rudolph * 1994: Italy - Armin Zöggeler, Norbert Huber, Gerda Weissensteiner, Natalie Obkircher, Kurt Brugger, & Wilfried Huber * 1996: Germany - Team not listed * 1998: Germany - Jens Müller, Karsten Albert, Susi Erdmann, Silke Kraushaar, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt |
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2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2002: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2004: Germany - Jan Eichhorn, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel & Steffen Wöller * 2006: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller |
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