Toni Eggert

Toni Eggert
Eggert in 2017
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988
Suhl, East Germany
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportLuge
EventDoubles
ClubBRC Ilsenburg
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2022 Beijing Doubles
2018 Pyeongchang Doubles
World Championships
2012 Altenberg Team relay
2017 Igls Doubles
2017 Igls Team relay
2019 Winterberg Doubles
2019 Winterberg Doubles' sprint
2020 Sochi Doubles
2020 Sochi Team relay
2021 Königssee Doubles
2023 Oberhof Doubles
2023 Oberhof Doubles' sprint
2023 Oberhof Team relay
2012 Altenberg Doubles
2013 Whistler Doubles
2016 Königssee Doubles
2021 Königssee Team relay
2017 Igls Doubles' sprint
2019 Winterberg Team relay
2021 Königssee Doubles' sprint
European Championships
2013 Oberhof Doubles
2013 Oberhof Team relay
2016 Altenberg Doubles
2016 Altenberg Team relay
2018 Sigulda Doubles
2022 St. Moritz Doubles
2017 Königssee Doubles
2018 Sigulda Team relay
2019 Oberhof Doubles
2022 St. Moritz Team relay
2012 Paramonovo Doubles
World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Doubles 43 32 11
Sprint 11 8 3
Team relay 19 8 3
Total 73 48 17
  • Updated as of 26 February 2023

Toni Eggert (born 12 May 1988) is a German luger who has competed since 2008.[1][2] With his doubles partner Sascha Benecken, he has been world champion ten times and won the overall World Cup six times.

Career

Toni Eggert is a sports soldier in the sports promotion group Oberhof and starts for the BRC Ilsenburg. He has been luging since 2000. He has competed in doubles with Marcel Oster since 2003. Both were already successful as juniors. They won twice in doubles, in 2007 in Cesana Pariol and in 2008 in Lake Placid, the Junior World Championships. They also won a title (2007) and a second place (2008) in the team competition. They also achieved great success in the Junior World Cup. In the 2005/06 season they finished third in the overall standings, in 2006/07 they came fourth and in 2007/08 they won the overall standings of the racing series. In the last junior season, they not only won the overall standings, but also all six races of the season and two races in the Challenge Cup. In 2007, Eggert and his partner also won the title at the German junior championships. Both have been part of the German B squad since the 2008/09 season and qualified to start in the Luge World Cup . They benefited from the injury-related failure of the doubles André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich. Right at their first race, the duo was able to finish eighth in the top ten. Two more races followed with the same placement. For the fourth race, Eggert/Oster were replaced by their direct competitors for the World Cup place, Ronny Pietrasik and Christian Weise, who, however, placed 15th and were unable to match the performance of the Suhlers. They then started again in Cesana and achieved their last result so far as seventh place. For the remainder of the season she replaced the now recovered duo Florschütz/Wustlich.

In 2010 Sascha Benecken became Eggert's new partner. On January 14, 2012, the doubles achieved their first World Cup victory in Oberhof . On February 10, 2012, both won the silver medal in doubles at the World Championships in Altenberg and two days later the gold medal in the team relay. For this they both received the silver laurel leaf .

On the 22nd of August 2023, Eggert, in conjunction with his doubles collaborator Benecken, officially declared their retirement from active involvement in competitive sports.[3]

Luge results

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL).[1]

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
2010–11
6
4
6
10
6
3
3
4
3 		— — — —
–
–
–
–
–
3 		516 4th 4th —
2011–12
5
4
3
3
1
4
2
5
3 		— — — —
–
–
–
1
–
– 		630 3rd 3rd —
2012–13
2
2
3
8
2
1
2
7
13 		— — — —
–
–
–
–
–
– 		628 2nd 2nd —
2013–14
2
1
21
2
3
2
1
2
– 		— — — —
1
–
–
–
–
– 		630 2nd 2nd —
2014–15
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
7
1
2
1 		—
1
–
–
1
–
– 		1071 1st 1st 1st
2015–16
1
1
2
1
21
2
12
1
1
3
2
2 		—
1
7
–
–
1
4 		962[4] 2nd 2nd 2nd
2016–17
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1 		—
7
–
2
–
1
1 		1140 1st 1st 1st
2017–18
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
DNF
1
1
1
1
DSQ
1
2 		1170 1st 1st —
2018–19
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
5
1
3 		—
2
–
1
3
–
2 		1050 1st 1st 1st
2019–20
1
2
1
2
8
3
6
–
1
2
1
5 		—
3
2
–
–
–
1 		872 1st 1st 2nd
2020–21
3
2
1
2
1
22
4
5
4
15
1
3 		—
1
4
1
2
–
CNX 		830 3rd 2nd 3rd
2021–22
1
4
2
2
13
DNF
1
1
1
7
1
2 		—
7
–
1
–
1
2 		907 1st 1st 2nd
2022–23
4
1
1
4
5
1
2
2
2
5
2
2 		—
1
–
–
2
–
– 		955 2nd 2nd 2nd

References

  1. ^ a b "Sascha Benecken". International Luge Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Sascha Benecken". German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Benecken/Eggert retired from Luge". sportschau.de. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ^ 2015-16 season FIL World Cup results
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