Winterberg_bobsleigh,_luge,_and_skeleton_track

Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

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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 which has its headquarters located in neighboring Meschede.

Track map.
Start house
Picture of the Winterberg track Turn 7 at night in December 2006.

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]

Statistics

More information Sport, Length ...

The venue includes a maximum grade of 15% and an average grade of 9.8%

More information Turn number, Name ...

Turns 4–6, 8–10 and 14 have no names listed in the track diagram.[4]

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Championships hosted

References

  1. [1]
    New start area for the luge and bobsleigh track in Winterberg. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (14 September 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.)
  2. [2]
    A lot is being done at the world's artificially-iced tracks. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (23 November 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.)
  3. [3]
    List of two-woman bobsleigh championship medalists since 2000.
  4. [4]
    Track information (in German) - accessed 20 February 2008.
  5. [5]
    "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  6. [6]
    "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. [7]
    "Humphries and Moyse smash bobsleigh start records". CAAWS. (accessed 2 January 2010)
  8. [8]
    FIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 9 January 2010 men's singles results. - accessed 9 January 2010.
  9. [9]
    FIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 10 January 2010 women's singles results. - accessed 10 January 2010.
  10. [10]
    FIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 9 January 2010 doubles results. - accessed 9 January 2010.
  11. [11]
    "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  12. [12]
    "Skeletonster Bos schrijft historie in Winterberg met eerste wereldbekerzege". 10 December 2021.
  13. [13]
    List of two-man bobsleigh championship medalists since 1931.
  14. [14]
    List of men's singles luge European championship medalists since 1914
  15. [15]
    List of Men's singles luge World championship medalists since 1955

51°11′03″N 8°30′24″E
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