Tobias Arlt
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Born | 2 June 1987 (age 37) Berchtesgaden, West Germany |
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Weight | 77 kg (170 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Patric Leitner Norbert Loch |
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Medal record
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Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1991, acting as a backdriver. 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.
Biography
Tobias Arlt was born on 2 June 1987 in Berchtesgaden,[1] West Germany.[2][3] He began luging at the age of four,[4] beginning to compete in 1991; his national debut was in 2006.[1] Arlt and his luge partner for doubles Tobias Wendl, they have several nicknames; "The Bayern-Express"[4] and "The Two Tobis".[5] Arlt is a backdriver[3] in lugeing.[4]
At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championship in Oberhof, Germany, in the men's doubles, Arlt won a silver medal.[1] At the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships in Sigulda, Latvia, Arlt won a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the mixed team disciplines; and at the 2013 FIL World Luge Championships, he won a gold medal.[1] In the last four years, Arlt and Wendl have finished in first place in the overall World Cup standings three times.[3]
Arlt is also a police officer in the German Federal Police.[6][4] His hobbies, besides luging, include tennis, windsurfing, snowboarding,[4] and motorbiking.[3]
Olympics
At Arlt's debut Olympics,[1] the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Arlt won a 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.[5] This was the biggest ever winning margin in Olympic luge doubles.[7] In Arlt and Wendl's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[8] Arlt then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Wendl.[9] They won in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds, which was one second ahead of the second placed Russian Federation.[10]
Personal life
Arlt has a girlfriend, who, in December 2013, gave birth to a daughter.[3]
References
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