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The Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Winterberg, Germany. It is the only track of its kind in the world with a turn that has corporate sponsorship with turn seven being sponsored by Veltins, a German brewery who has its headquarters located in neighboring Meschede.
[edit] History
Completed in 1977, the track underwent a redesign of its start house area where the women's luge start house was moved from before turn four to near the men's luge start house prior to turn one in 2006.[1] This was done under the auspices of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL) and included a completely covered sled storage area,[1] new changing rooms, and facilities for coaches and officials.[2] The women's singles luge start house was integrated near the men's singles luge start house during the construction.[2] The track hosted the first two-woman bobsleigh world championships in 2000.[3]
[edit] Statistics
Physical statistics
Sport[4] |
Length (meters) |
Turns |
Vertical drop (meters) |
Bobsleigh and skeleton |
1330 |
14 |
110 |
Luge - men's singles |
1324 |
14 |
110 |
Luge - women's singles |
1293 |
14 |
110 |
Luge - men's doubles |
945 |
11 |
90 |
The venue includes a maximum grade of 15% and an average grade of 9.8%
Turn Number[4] |
Name |
Reason named |
1., 2., 3. |
Omega Kurve |
After the Omega shape. |
7. |
Veltins Kriesel |
270-degree Kriesel (circular) curve sponsored by Veltins, a German brewery located in neighboring Meschede. |
11., 12., 13. |
Labyrinth (not listed on track map) |
Three turns in quick succession without a straight (labyrinth) |
Turns 4-6, 8-10, and 14 have no names listed in the track diagram.[4]
Track records
Sport |
Record |
Nation - athlete(s) |
Date |
Time (seconds) |
Bobsleigh four-man[5] |
Start |
Germany - André Lange, Rene Hoppe, Marc Kühne, & Kevin Kuske |
February 10, 2008 |
5.06 |
Bobsleigh four-man[5] |
Track |
Germany - André Lange, Rene Hoppe, Marc Kühne, & Kevin Kuske |
February 10, 2008 |
54.86 |
Luge - men's singles[6] |
Start |
Andi Langenhan - Germany |
December 7, 2007 |
7.583 |
Luge - men's singles[6] |
Track |
Armin Zöggeler - Italy |
February 11, 2007 |
54.151 |
Luge - women's singles[6] |
Start |
Tatjana Hüfner - Germany |
February 10, 2007 |
4.959 |
Luge - women's singles[6] |
Track |
Silke Kraushaar-Pielach - Germany |
December 9, 2007 |
56.980 |
Luge - men's doubles[6] |
Start |
Germany - Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt |
December 8, 2007 |
3.638 |
Luge - men's doubles[6] |
Track |
Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch |
February 2, 2008 |
42.109 |
[edit] Championships hosted
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