Steffen Skel
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Men's Luge | ||
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World Championships | ||
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2000 St. Moritz | Mixed team |
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2000 St. Moritz | Men's doubles |
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2001 Calgary | Men's doubles |
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2001 Calgary | Mixed team |
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1997 Igls | Men's doubles |
World Cup Championships | ||
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2000-01 | Men's doubles |
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1999-00 | Men's doubles |
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2001-02 | Men's doubles |
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1993-94 | Men's doubles |
European Championships | ||
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2002 Altenberg | Mixed team |
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2004 Oberhof | Men's doubles |
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2004 Oberhof | Mixed team |
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1998 Oberhof | Men's doubles |
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2000 Winterberg | Men's doubles |
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2000 Winterberg | Mixed team |
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Steffen Sartor (née Skel, born 14 June 1972, in Bad Salzungen, Bezirk Suhl) is a German luger who competed from 1992 to 2004. He was a doubles specialised who formed a successful partnership with Steffen Wöller during the 1990s and early 2000.[1] He won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Mixed team: 2000), three silvers (Men's doubles: 2000, 2001; Mixed team: 2001), and one bronze (Men's doubles: 1997).
Skel also won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with three golds (Mixed team: 2002, 2004, 2006) and three silvers (Men's doubles: 1998, 2000; Mixed team: 2000).
His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the men's doubles event at Salt Lake City in 2002.[2]
Skel won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 2000-1.
Following his retirement from competition, he became a luge coach for the Canadian, German and Swiss federations. In 2013 he was appointed as the coach for the South Korean luge team on a contract running until 2018.[1]
He is married to former skeleton slider Diana Sartor.[1] The couple have two children: Malin and Silas.[3]
References[]
- FIL-Luge profile
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (in German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
- USA Today profile on Sartor and her relationship to Skel
- Specific
- ^ a b c Staindl, Andreas (18 June 2014). "Relaxen am Südsee für den Olympiatraum" [Relaxing in the South Seas for the Olympic Dream]. Lausitzer Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steffen Skel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Kleinemas, Martin (25 February 2010). "Diana Sartor würde wieder schwanger fahren" [Diana Sartor would slide pregnant again]. welt.de (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Bad Salzungen
- People from Bezirk Suhl
- German male lugers
- German sports coaches
- Sportspeople from Thuringia
- Olympic lugers of Germany
- Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- German luge biography stubs