FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2011
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The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2011 took place 26-30 January in Umhausen
Umhausen
Umhausen is a municipality in the Imst district and is located 17 km southeast of Imst at the Ötztaler Ache in the Ötztal.The municipality consists of six villages: Umhausen, Tumpen, Köfels, Farst, Niederthai, Östen....

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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Men's singles

Run 1 took place after the second run of the women's single event after 18:30 CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

 on 29 January. For 30 January, run 2 took place at 10:30 CET while the third and final run took place after the third and final run of the women's single event after 12:30 CET.
Medal Athlete Time
Gold 3:37.61
Silver 3:37.65
Bronze 3:37.95

Women's singles

Run 1 took place after the first run of the men's doubles' event at 10:30 CET on 29 January while run 2 took place on 18:30 CET that same day. The third and final run took place at 12:30 CET the following day.
Medal Athlete Time
Gold 3:40.43
Silver 3:40.67
Bronze 3:43.31

Men's doubles

Both runs took place on 29 January.
Medal Athlete Time
Gold (Pavel Porzhnev
Pavel Porzhnev
Pavel Porzhnev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds , two silvers , and two bronze .Porzhnev also won three gold medals in the men's...

, Ivan Lazarev
Ivan Lazarev (luger)
Ivan Lazarev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds , two silvers , and two bronzes .Lazarev also won three gold medals in the men's...

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2:33.24
Silver (Patrick Pigneter
Patrick Pigneter
Patrick Pigneter is an Italian luger who has competed since 2007. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds , two silvers , and three bronzes Patrick Pigneter (born July 19, 1987) is an Italian luger who has competed since 2007. A...

, Florian Clara
Florian Clara
Florian Clara is an Italian luger who has competed since 2005. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds and two silvers .Clara also won three medals at the FIL European Luge Natural Track...

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2:33.90
Bronze (Andrzej Laszczak
Andrzej Laszczak
Andrzej Laszczak is a Polish luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, he won four bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships .Laszczak also two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track...

, Damian Waniczek
Damian Waniczek
Damian Waniczek is a Polish luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, he won four bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships .Waniczek also two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track...

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2:35.26

Mixed team

This event took place on 28 January.
Medal Athlete Points
Gold (Anton Blasbichler
Anton Blasbichler
Anton Blasbichler was an Italian luger who has competed since 1989. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds , one silver , and three bronzes .At the FIL European Luge Natural Track...

, Renate Gietl
Renate Gietl
Renate Gietl is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. A natural track luger, she won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a four medals in women's singles ; Silver: 2001, Bronze: 2005) and five medals in the mixed team event .Gietl also...

, Patrick Pigneter
Patrick Pigneter
Patrick Pigneter is an Italian luger who has competed since 2007. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds , two silvers , and three bronzes Patrick Pigneter (born July 19, 1987) is an Italian luger who has competed since 2007. A...

, Florian Clara
Florian Clara
Florian Clara is an Italian luger who has competed since 2005. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds and two silvers .Clara also won three medals at the FIL European Luge Natural Track...

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79
Silver (Gerald Kammerlander
Gerald Kammerlander
Gerald Kammerlander is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2000. A natural track luger, he won a complete set of medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a gold , a silver , and a bronze .Kammerlander also won a bronze in the mixed team event at the FIL European Luge...

, Melanie Batkowski
Melanie Batkowski
Melanie Batkowski is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2004. A natural track luger, she won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two golds , two silvers , and a bronze .Batkowski also won gold in the mixed team event at the FIL European Luge...

, Christian Schatz
Christian Schatz
Christian Schatz is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2000. A natural track luger, he won a complete set of medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a gold , a silver Christian Schatz (born October 7, 1975) is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2000. A natural...

, Gerhard Mühlbacher
Gerhard Mühlbacher
Gerhard Mühlbacher is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won four medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with one gold , one silver , and two bronzes .Mühlbacher also earned two medals at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships...

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72
Bronze (Juri Talykh, Yekaterina Lavrentyeva
Yekaterina Lavrentyeva
Yekaterina Lavrentyeva is a Russian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, she won eight medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (born June 26, 1981) is a Russian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A...

, Pavel Porzhnev
Pavel Porzhnev
Pavel Porzhnev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds , two silvers , and two bronze .Porzhnev also won three gold medals in the men's...

, Ivan Lazarev
Ivan Lazarev (luger)
Ivan Lazarev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds , two silvers , and two bronzes .Lazarev also won three gold medals in the men's...

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71

Medal table

1 2 1 2 5
2 1 2 0 3
3 1 1 1 3
4 0 0 1 1

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