Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger, acting as a backdriver. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships, a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Tobias Arlt was born on 2 June 1987 in Berchtesgaden,[2] West Germany.[4][5] He began luging at the age of four,[6] beginning to compete in 1991; his national debut was in 2006.[2] Arlt is a backdriver[5] in luging,[6] and his partner for doubles is Tobias Wendl. As a team, they have several nicknames, including "The Bayern-Express"[6] and "The Two Tobis".[7]
At the 2008 FIL World Luge Championship in Oberhof, Germany, in the men's doubles, Arlt won a silver medal.[2] At the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships in Sigulda, Latvia, Arlt won a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the team relay disciplines; and at the 2013 FIL World Luge Championships, he won a gold medal.[2] Arlt and Wendl have finished in first place in the overall World Cup standings three times in the last four years.[5]
He competed at the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the team relay and a bronze medal in the doubles event.[8]
At Arlt's debut Olympics,[2] the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Arlt won gold in the luge double with Tobias Wendl in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track, half a second ahead of the second-placed Austrians Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger.[7] This was the biggest ever winning margin in Olympic luge doubles.[9] In Arlt and Wendl's first run, they set a track record of 49.373 seconds.[10] Arlt then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Wendl.[11] They won in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds, which was one second ahead of the second-placed Russian Federation.[12]
Arlt is also a police officer in the German Federal Police.[13][6] His hobbies, besides luging, include tennis, windsurfing, snowboarding, and motorbiking.[6][5]
Arlt has a girlfriend, who, in December 2013, gave birth to a daughter.[5]
All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).[2][1]
Year | Age | Doubles | Sprint | Team relay |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 Cesena | 23 | DNF | — | — |
2012 Altenberg | 24 | 4th | — | — |
2013 Whistler | 25 | Gold | — | Gold |
2015 Sigulda | 27 | Gold | — | Gold |
2016 Königssee | 28 | Gold | Gold | Gold |
2017 Innsbruck | 29 | Silver | Gold | — |
2019 Winterberg | 31 | Silver | Silver | — |
2020 Sochi | 32 | Bronze | Bronze | — |
2021 Königssee | 33 | Silver | Gold | — |
2023 Oberhof | 35 | Silver | Silver | — |
2024 Altenberg | 36 | Bronze | 7th | Gold |
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 | |||||||||
2007–08 | 7 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
— | — | — | — | — | – |
2 |
– |
– |
— | — | 470 | 5th | — | — | ||||
2008–09 | 6 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
16 |
— | — | — | — | 2 |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
— | 521 | 4th | — | — | ||||
2009–10 | 11 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
— | — | — | — | — | – |
1 |
1 |
1 |
– |
— | 526 | 4th | — | — | ||||
2010–11 | 4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
— | — | — | — | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
– |
746 | 1st | — | — | ||||
2011–12 | 4 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
— | — | — | — | 2 |
– |
2 |
– |
1 |
3 |
720 | 2nd | — | — | ||||
2012–13 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
— | — | — | — | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
827 | 1st | — | — | ||||
2013–14 | 1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
– |
— | — | — | — | – |
– |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
770 | 1st | — | — | ||||
2014–15 | 4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
— | – |
1 |
1 |
– |
1 |
1 |
1055 | 2nd | — | — | ||||
2015–16 | 3 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
— | – |
– |
1 |
2 |
– |
– |
1037[14] | 1st | ||||||
2016–17 | 3 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
— | – |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
888 | 2nd | ||||||
2017–18 | 3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
11 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
911 | 2nd | 2nd | — | ||||
2018–19 | 7 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
19 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
— | – |
1 |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
790 | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | ||||
2019–20 | 2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
– |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
— | – |
– |
4 |
1 |
– |
– |
846 | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
2020–21 | 4 |
3 |
18 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
— | – |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
CNX |
773 | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||||
2021–22 | 9 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
— | – |
2 |
– |
4 |
– |
– |
796 | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
2022–23 | 5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
— | – |
2 |
2 |
– |
1 |
2 |
1014 | 1st | 1st | 1st |