Sascha Benecken (born 14 February 1990) is a German luger who has competed since 1999.^[1][2][3][4] With his doubles partner Toni Eggert he has been world champion ten times and won the overall World Cup six times.

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (May 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 9,118 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Sascha Benecken]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|de|Sascha Benecken}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Quick Facts Personal information, Nationality ...

Sascha Benecken

Benecken in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 34) Suhl, East Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Luge
Event	Doubles
Club	Rodelteam Suhl SV EGS 48 e.V.
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

Close

His father was part of East Germany's junior national team in the Nordic Skiing. As a result, he took part in a play and sports group as early as kindergarten, from which he then switched to handball and in 1999, after a sighting in physical education, to luge. In February 2003, Sascha Benecken moved to the sports high school in Oberhof and to the boarding school there . In June 2009 he passed his Abitur and successfully applied to the federal police , where he completed his training in the middle police enforcement service to become a police master at the federal police sports school in Bad Endorf by October 2013.

In the fall of 2005, Benecken qualified individually for three Youth A World Cups, all of which he was able to win. From then on he only competed in singles. He qualified for the Junior World Cup in 2006, although he was still eligible to start for youth A, and with his first Junior World Cup win on January 13, 2007 he made it to the Junior World Championships, where he finished sixth on the Olympic track in Cesana .

Benecken became part of the junior national team and won the overall junior world cup in 2008 and again fought for 6th place at the junior world championships in Lake Placid . In 2009 he was both Junior Vice World Champion and overall World Cup runner-up. On January 31, 2010 he won bronze at his fourth and last Junior World Championships in Innsbruck-Igls and thus recommended himself as a B squad qualifier for the German national luge team.

On the 22nd of August 2023, Benecken, in conjunction with his doubles collaborator Eggert, officially declared their retirement from active involvement in competitive sports.^[5]

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

World Cup

More information Season, Doubles ...

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[6]	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

Close