Luge at the Youth Olympic Games

Luge at the Youth Olympic Games
Governing body	FIL
Events	5 (boys: 2; girls: 2; mixed: 1)
Games
	2012; 2016; 2020;

Luge was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2012.[1]

A total of four events were held at the first two editions: boys' and girls' singles, a boys' doubles and a mixed relay event. For 2020, a women's doubles event has been added.[2]

Medalists summary

Boys' singles

Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Innsbruck	Christian Paffe Germany	Riks Kristens Rozitis Latvia	Toni Graefe Germany
2016 Lillehammer	Kristers Aparjods Latvia	Paul-Lukas Heider Germany	Reid Watts Canada
2020 Lausanne	Gints Bērziņš Latvia	Pavel Repilov Russia	Timon Grancagnolo Germany

Girls' singles

Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Innsbruck	Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger Austria	Saskia Langer Germany	Ulla Zirne Latvia
2016 Lillehammer	Brooke Apshkrum Canada	Jessica Tiebel Germany	Madeleine Egle Austria
2020 Lausanne	Merle Fräbel Germany	Jessica Degenhardt Germany	Diana Loginova Russia

Boys' doubles

Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Innsbruck	Florian Gruber Simon Kainzwaldner Italy	Tim Brendl Florian Funk Germany	Ty Andersen Pat Edmunds United States
2016 Lillehammer	Felix Schwarz Lukas Gufler Italy	Hannes Orlamünder Paul Gubitz Germany	Vsevolod Kashkin Konstantin Korshunov Russia
2020 Lausanne	Moritz Jäger Valentin Steudte Germany	Kaspars Rinks Ardis Liepiņš Latvia	Mikhail Karnaukhov Iurii Chirva Russia

Girls' doubles

Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020 Lausanne	Jessica Degenhardt Vanessa Schneider Germany	Caitlin Nash Natalie Corless Canada	Viktorija Ziediņa Selīna Elizabete Zvilna Latvia

Mixed relay

Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Innsbruck	United States (USA)	Germany (GER)	Austria (AUT)
2016 Lillehammer	Germany (GER) Jessica Tiebel Paul-Lukas Heider Hannes Orlamünder Paul Gubitz	Russia (RUS) Olesya Mikhaylenko Evgenii Petrov Vsevolod Kashkin Konstantin Korshunov	Italy (ITA) Marion Oberhofer Fabian Malleier Felix Schwarz Lukas Gufler
2020 Lausanne	Russia (RUS) Diana Loginova Pavel Repilov Mikhail Karnaukhov Iurii Chirva	Germany (GER) Merle Fräbel Timon Grancagnolo Moritz Jäger Valentin Steudte	Latvia (LAT) Justīne Maskale Gints Bērziņš Kaspars Rinks Ardis Liepiņš

Medal table

As of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	6	1	9
2	Italy	2	0	1	3
3	Latvia	1	1	1	3
4	Austria	1	0	2	3
5	Canada	1	0	1	2
5	United States	1	0	1	2
7	Russia	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 nations)		8	8	8	24

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References

"Youth Olympic Games mark highlight of the Junior season". www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
"2020 Vision: Looking Ahead to Lausanne 2020 – Gender Equality". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 December 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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[1] "Youth Olympic Games mark highlight of the Junior season". www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[2] "2020 Vision: Looking Ahead to Lausanne 2020 – Gender Equality". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 December 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2019.