Tobias Arlt

Tobias Arlt
Tobias Arlt in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1987-06-02) 2 June 1987[1]
Berchtesgaden, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight77 kg (170 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryGermany
SportLuge
Event
Doubles
Coached byPatric Leitner[3]
Norbert Loch
Georg Hackl[3]
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2026 Milano Cortina Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2026 Milano Cortina Doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Whistler Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Whistler Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sigulda Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sigulda Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Doubles' sprint
Gold medal – first place 2016 Königssee Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Igls Doubles' sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Königssee Doubles' sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Altenberg Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2008 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Igls Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Winterberg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Winterberg Doubles' sprint
Silver medal – second place 2021 Königssee Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Oberhof Doubles' sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Doubles' sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Alternberg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Whistler Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Whistler Mixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Königssee Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Königssee Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Oberhof Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Sigulda Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2025 Winterberg Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2026 Oberhof Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2026 Oberhof Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paramonovo Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paramonovo Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Oberhof Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Altenberg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Oberhof Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 St. Moritz Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Sigulda Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2024 Igls Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2025 Winterberg Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Sigulda Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sigulda Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sigulda Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Igls Doubles

Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger, acting as a back driver. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships, a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Career

Tobias Arlt was born on 2 June 1987 in Berchtesgaden,[2] West Germany.[4][5] He began luging at the age of four,[6] beginning to compete in 1991; his national debut was in 2006.[2] Arlt is a back driver[5] in luging,[6] and his partner for doubles is Tobias Wendl. As a team, they have several nicknames, including "The Bayern-Express"[6] and "The Two Tobis".[7]

At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championship in Oberhof, Germany, in the men's doubles, Arlt won a silver medal.[2] At the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships in Sigulda, Latvia, Arlt won a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the team relay disciplines; and at the 2013 FIL World Luge Championships, he won a gold medal.[2] Arlt and Wendl have finished in first place in the overall World Cup standings three times in the last four years.[5]

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.[8]

Olympics

At Arlt's debut Olympics,[2] the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Arlt won gold in the luge double with Tobias Wendl in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track, half a second ahead of the second-placed Austrians Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger.[7] This was the biggest ever winning margin in Olympic luge doubles.[9] In Arlt and Wendl's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[10] Arlt then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Wendl.[11] They won in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds, which was one second ahead of the second-placed Russian Federation.[12]

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Arlt won a bronze medal in the doubles event, along with Wendl. This ended Germany's bid for a fourth consecutive gold medal in doubles at the Olympics.[13][14]

Personal life

Arlt is also a police officer in the German Federal Police.[15][6] His hobbies, besides luging, include tennis, windsurfing, snowboarding, and motorbiking.[6][5]

Arlt has a girlfriend, who, in December 2013, gave birth to a daughter.[5]

Luge results

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).[2][1]

World Championships

  • 21 medals – (10 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze)
Year Age Doubles Sprint Team relay Mixed doubles
Germany 2008 Oberhof 20 Silver N/a N/a N/a
Italy 2011 Cesena 23 DNF N/a N/a N/a
Germany 2012 Altenberg 24 4th N/a — N/a
Canada 2013 Whistler 25 Gold N/a Gold N/a
Latvia 2015 Sigulda 27 Gold N/a Gold N/a
Germany 2016 Königssee 28 Gold Gold Gold N/a
Austria 2017 Innsbruck 29 Silver Gold — N/a
Germany 2019 Winterberg 31 Silver Silver — N/a
Russia 2020 Sochi 32 Bronze Bronze — N/a
Germany 2021 Königssee 33 Silver Gold — N/a
Germany 2023 Oberhof 35 Silver Silver — N/a
Germany 2024 Altenberg 36 Bronze 7th Gold N/a
Canada 2025 Whistler 37 Bronze N/a N/a Bronze

World Cup

Season Doubles Sprint Team relay Points Overall Doubles Sprint
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6
2007–08 Lake Placid
7 		Calgary
4 		Winterberg
5 		Innsbruck
9 		Königssee
2 		Altenberg
3 		Sigulda 1
4 		Sigulda 2
5 		N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a Lake Placid
– 		Winterberg
2 		Königssee
– 		Sigulda
– 		N/a N/a 470 5th N/a N/a
2008–09 Innsbruck
6 		Sigulda
5 		Winterberg
4 		Königssee
2 		Cesana
5 		Oberhof
1 		Altenberg
5 		Calgary
10 		Whistler
16 		N/a N/a N/a N/a Sigulda
2 		Winterberg
– 		Königssee
– 		Oberhof
1 		Altenberg
1 		N/a 521 4th N/a N/a
2009–10 Calgary
11 		Innsbruck
5 		Altenberg
5 		Lillehammer
8 		Königssee
1 		Winterberg
5 		Oberhof
2 		Cesana
1 		N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a Innsbruck
– 		Altenberg
1 		Königssee
1 		Winterberg
1 		Oberhof
– 		N/a 526 4th N/a N/a
2010–11 Innsbruck
4 		Winterberg
1 		Calgary
1 		Park City
3 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
1 		Altenberg
2
2 		Sigulda
7 		N/a N/a N/a N/a Innsbruck
1 		Winterberg
1 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
1 		Altenberg
1 		Sigulda
– 		746 1st N/a N/a
2011–12 Innsbruck
4 		Whistler
6 		Calgary
1 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
2 		Winterberg
1 		St. Moritz
3 		Sigulda
3
2 		N/a N/a N/a N/a Innsbruck
2 		Whistler
– 		Calgary
2 		Oberhof
– 		Winterberg
1 		Sigulda
3 		720 2nd N/a N/a
2012–13 Innsbruck
1 		Königssee
1 		Altenberg
1 		Sigulda
2 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
2 		Winterberg
8 		Lake Placid
1 		Sochi
1 		N/a N/a N/a N/a Innsbruck
1 		Altenberg
1 		Sigulda
1 		Königssee
1 		Lake Placid
1 		Sochi
1 		827 1st N/a N/a
2013–14 Lillehammer
1 		Innsbruck
2 		Winterberg
1 		Whistler
1 		Park City
1 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
2 		Altenberg
1 		Sigulda
– 		N/a N/a N/a N/a Innsbruck
– 		Winterberg
– 		Whistler
1 		Park City
1 		Königssee
1 		Altenberg
3 		770 1st N/a N/a
2014–15 Innsbruck
4 		Lake Placid
2 		Calgary
2 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
1 		Winterberg
2 		Lillehammer
1 		Altenberg
1 		Sochi
1 		Innsbruck
3 		Calgary
1 		Altenberg
3 		N/a Lake Placid
– 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
1 		Winterberg
– 		Lillehammer
1 		Sochi
1 		1055 2nd N/a N/a
2015–16 Innsbruck
3 		Lake Placid
8 		Park City
1 		Calgary
3 		Sigulda
1 		Oberhof
1 		Sochi
1 		Altenberg
2 		Winterberg
2 		Park City
2 		Calgary
1 		Oberhof
1 		N/a Innsbruck
– 		Lake Placid
– 		Sigulda
1 		Sochi
2 		Altenberg
– 		Winterberg
– 		1037[16] 1st
2016–17 Winterberg
3 		Lake Placid
8 		Whistler
2 		Park City
1 		Königssee
1 		Sigulda
10 		Oberhof
1 		Pyeongchang
2 		Altenberg
13 		Winterberg
2 		Park City
2 		Sigulda
3 		N/a Lake Placid
– 		Königssee
1 		Sigulda
– 		Oberhof
1 		Pyeongchang
– 		Altenberg
– 		888 2nd
2017–18 Innsbruck
3 		Winterberg
2 		Altenberg
4 		Calgary
3 		Lake Placid
7 		Königssee
1 		Oberhof
2 		Lillehammer
3 		Sigulda
3 		Winterberg
1 		Lake Placid
10 		Lillehammer
2 		Sigulda
11 		Innsbruck
– 		Altenberg
– 		Calgary
– 		Königssee
– 		Oberhof
– 		Sigulda
– 		911 2nd 2nd N/a
2018–19 Innsbruck
7 		Whistler
3 		Calgary
1 		Lake Placid
2 		Königssee
2 		Sigulda
4 		Altenberg
19 		Oberhof
1 		Sochi
7 		Innsbruck
3 		Lake Placid
4 		Sochi
7 		N/a Whistler
– 		Calgary
1 		Königssee
– 		Sigulda
– 		Oberhof
2 		Sochi
– 		790 3rd 3rd 1st
2019–20 Innsbruck
2 		Lake Placid
1 		Whistler
2 		Altenberg
7 		Lillehammer
7 		Sigulda
2 		Oberhof
1 		Winterberg
– 		Königssee
2 		Lake Placid
3 		Whistler
2 		Sigulda
4 		N/a Innsbruck
– 		Altenberg
– 		Lillehammer
4 		Oberhof
1 		Winterberg
– 		Königssee
– 		846 2nd 2nd 3rd
2020–21 Innsbruck
4 		Altenberg
3 		Oberhof
18 		Winterberg
1 		Königssee
2 		Sigulda
2 		Oberhof
2 		Innsbruck
9 		St. Moritz
5 		Innsbruck
5 		Winterberg
3 		Innsbruck
7 		N/a Innsbruck
– 		Altenberg
– 		Oberhof
– 		Königssee
– 		Sigulda
3 		St. Moritz
CNX 		773 4th 4th 4th
2021–22 Yanqing
9 		Sochi
3 		Sochi
5 		Altenberg
4 		Innsbruck
4 		Winterberg
1 		Sigulda
3 		Oberhof
2 		St. Moritz
2 		Sochi
8 		Innsbruck
4 		Sigulda
3 		N/a Yanqing
– 		Sochi
2 		Altenberg
– 		Winterberg
4 		Oberhof
– 		St. Moritz
– 		796 3rd 2nd 3rd
2022–23 Innsbruck
5 		Whistler
2 		Park City
3 		Sigulda
2 		Sigulda
1 		Altenberg
2 		Winterberg
1 		St. Moritz
1 		Winterberg
1 		Innsbruck
11 		Park City
1 		Winterberg
1 		N/a Whistler
– 		Sigulda 1
2 		Sigulda 2
2 		Altenberg
– 		St. Moritz
1 		Winterberg
2 		1014 1st 1st 1st

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