Anna Berreiter (born 3 September 1999) is a German luger. She is the 2023 World and European Champion and silver medallist at the 2022 Winter Olympics. A two-time Under-23 World Champion, Berreiter was also part of the German squad that took the World team relay title in 2023 and has won further 1 silver and 1 bronze medals in sprint discipline at the World Championships level. She is the youngest woman to win a Luge World Cup race, and so far, has won 5 individual races in her World Cup career.
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| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 1999 Berchtesgaden, Germany[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | annaberreiter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Luge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | RC Berchtesgaden[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Patric Leitner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 2nd in Luge World Cup (2023–24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBerreiter started luge when she was eight years old. She is a member of the RC Berchtesgaden club.[2]
Youth and junior career
editBerreiter represented her country at various age categories. She made her debut in the Youth-A World Cup in December 2015 in her home track Königssee. She finished the first race in second-place while her teammates completed all-German top 5.[3] After a mediocre ninth-place in Innsbruck, she won the other two races of the season in Altenberg and Oberhof.[4] In the following season, Berreiter was promoted to the Junior World Cup but she was unable to fully match her impressive youth performance in her new age group. She was 16th in her first race in Innsbruck, and finished 5th and 6th respectively in Oberhof and Winterberg.[5]
In the 2017/18 season, after fifth-place finishes at the opening two races in Oberhof, Berreiter was runner-up to Jessica Tiebel in Königssee and reached her first podium in the junior level. In the following two races in Innsbruck, she achieved two more podium results by finishing third in both. She was 6th in the last World Cup race of the season in Winterberg, which was also the Junior European Championships,[6] and finished the season in third-place in the overall standings behind Cheyenne Rosenthal and Lisa Schulte.[7] At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Altenberg, Berreiter missed the medals and finished 5th despite recording the 2nd best time in her second run.[8]
Berreiter made a very successful start to her last junior season by winning the two singles races in Park City,[9] as well as the two team relay races.[10][11] In the following race in Calgary she was second by only 0.002 seconds,[12] and she grabbed her fourth consecutive junior World Cup podium at the Junior European Championship race in St. Moritz with a third-place finish.[13] She was behind two other European athletes and therefore won the bronze medal,[14] which was her first ever international medal in any age group.[2] In the team relay, she won the European title with her teammates David Nößler, Hannes Orlamünder and Paul Gubitz.[14] In the Junior World Cup tour; Berreiter was the overall leader by 69 points before the season finale in Oberhof, but she gave away the title to Tatiana Tcvetova after crashing out in the first run,[15] and dropped to third place in the overall rankings.[16]
Senior career
edit2019/20 season: World Cup debut and first victory
editBerreiter advanced to the German senior World Cup team in 2019/20 season following the retirement of Tatjana Hüfner and the maternity leaves of the Olympic medalists Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger.[17][18] She made her World Cup debut on 23 November 2019 in Innsbruck, the first race of the season, and finished the race in seventh-place.[19] Before the third stage of the season in Whistler, Berreiter – as a newcomer – had to qualify for the main race through the Nations Cup due to her lack of sufficient World Cup points from the previous races. In Whistler, despite her little experience in North American tracks, she was able to win the Nations Cup race and earned her first success in senior level.[20] In the singles race she finished second to Tatiana Ivanova and reached the first World Cop podium of her career in her 3rd ever World Cup singles race.[21] She followed that up with a fifth-place finish in the sprint race which was her seasons best in this discipline.[19]
On 2 February 2020, Berreiter celebrated her first World Cup victory in Oberhof.[22] She became the youngest ever female luger to win a World Cup race at the age of 20 years and 152 days, overtaking Natalie Geisenberger who won her first race when she was 20 years and 313 days.[23] After setting the fastest time in both of the runs in the singles race,[24] Berreiter earned her spot in the team relay squad and helped Germany to capture their first team relay victory of the season.[25]
Luge results
editAll results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).[19][2]
Olympic Games
edit- 1 medal (1 silver)
| Event | Age | Singles | Team relay |
|---|---|---|---|
 2022 Beijing |
22 | Silver | — |
World Championships
edit- 4 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Event | Age | Singles | Sprint | Team relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 2020 Sochi |
20 | 6th | 9th | — |
 2021 Königssee |
21 | 4th | Silver | — |
| 2023 Oberhof |
23 | Gold | Bronze | Gold |
| 2024 Altenberg |
24 | — | 13th | — |
World Cup
edit| Season | Singles | Sprint | Team relay | Points | Overall | Singles | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2019–20 |  7 |
 15 |
 2 |
 10 |
 13 |
 10 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
11 |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
637 | 4th | — | 7th | ||||
| 2020–21 | – |
– |
– |
9 |
4 |
17 |
3 |
– |
 – |
– |
13 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
CNX |
223 | 19th | 19th | 20th | ||||
| 2021–22 |  4 |
 1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
723 | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||||
| 2022–23 | 5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
2 |
789 | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | ||||
- Standings through 29 January 2023
European Championships
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2020 Lillehammer – 11th in Singles (
in U23 category)
2021 Sigulda – 14th in Singles (4th in U23 category)
2022 St. Moritz – 7th in Singles (
in U23 category)- 2023 Sigulda –
in Singles, in Team relay
U23 World Championships
edit
2020 Sochi – in Singles
2021 Königssee – in Singles
Junior World Championships
edit- 2018 Altenberg – 5th in Singles
Junior European Championships
edit- 2017 Oberhof – 5th in Singles
- 2018 Winterberg – 6th in Singles
- 2019 St. Moritz – in Singles, in Team Relay
German Championships
edit
2018 Winterberg – 6th in Singles
2019 Oberhof – in Singles
2020 Königssee – 5th in Singles
2021 Altenberg – in Singles- 2022 Oberhof – in Singles
References
edit- ^ a b c "Anna Berreiter". teamdeutschland.de. Team Deutschland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Anna Berreiter". bsd-portal.de (in German). German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "3. Junioren / Jugend A Weltcup Rennrodeln". eisarena-knigssee.de (in German). Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2015/16 Youth-A Luge World Cup – Women's Overall Rankings" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2016/17 Junior Luge World Cup – Women's Overall Rankings" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Überragendes FIL Junioren-Weltcup-Finale Rennrodel". veltins-eisarena.de (in German). Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2017/18 Junior Luge World Cup – Women's Overall Rankings" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2018 Junior Luge World Championships – Women's Results" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Anna Berreiter gewinnt zwei Junioren-Weltcups". berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de (in German). Berchtesgadener Anzeiger. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2018/19 Junior Luge World Cup – Park City Team Competition Race 1 Results" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2018/19 Junior Luge World Cup – Park City Team Competition Race 2 Results" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2018/19 Junior Luge World Cup – Calgary Women's Results" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2018/19 Junior Luge World Cup – St. Moritz Women's Results" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Siege für David Nössler (GER), Verena Hofer (ITA) und Team Deutschland". olympia-bobrun.ch (in German). St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Sophie Gerloff und Melina Cielaszyk setzen Glanzlicht". nwbsv.de (in German). Nordrhein-Westfälischer Bob- und Schlittensportverband. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2018/19 Junior Luge World Cup – Women's Overall Rankings" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Record-breaking World Champion Felix Loch heads the BSD team". fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "RCB Nachwuchssportlerin Anna Berreiter für Weltcupteam nominiert". rodelclub-berchtesgaden.de (in German). RC Berchtesgaden. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "Anna Berreiter". fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "2019/20 Luge World Cup – Whistler Women's Nations Cup Results" (PDF). fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Rodeln: Berchtesgadener Berreiter und Loch auf dem Podium". br.de (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Rodeln: Erster Weltcupsieg für Berchtesgadenerin Anna Berreiter". br.de (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ @GracenoteGold (2 February 2020). "Anna Berreiter became the youngest woman to win a Luge World Cup singles" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 February 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Berreiter wins first Luge World Cup event in home nation on final day". insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Brilliant Berreiter bags double Luge World Cup success". eurosport.co.uk. Eurosport. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
External links
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- Anna Berreiter at FIL
- Anna Berreiter at Olympics.com
- Anna Berreiter at Olympedia
- Anna Berreiter at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Anna Berreiter at the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (in German)
- Official website
(in German)
