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The Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Winterberg, Germany. It is the only track of its kind in the world with a turn that has corporate sponsorship with turn seven being sponsored by Veltins, a German brewery which has its headquarters located in neighboring Meschede.

History

Completed in 1977, the track underwent a redesign of its start house area where the women's luge start house was moved from before turn four to near the men's luge start house prior to turn one in 2006.[1] This was done under the auspices of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL) and included a completely covered sled storage area,[1] new changing rooms, and facilities for coaches and officials.[2] The women's singles luge start house was integrated near the men's singles luge start house during the construction.[2] The track hosted the first two-woman bobsleigh world championships in 2000.[3]

Statistics

Physical statistics

Sport[4]	Length	Turns	Vertical drop
Bobsleigh and skeleton	1,330 metres (4,360 ft)	14	110 metres (360 ft)
Luge - men's singles	1,324 metres (4,344 ft)	14	110 metres (360 ft)
Luge - women's singles	1,293 metres (4,242 ft)	14	110 metres (360 ft)
Luge - men's doubles	945 metres (3,100 ft)	11	90 metres (300 ft)

The venue includes a maximum grade of 15% and an average grade of 9.8%

Turn number[4]	Name	Reason named
1, 2, 3	Omega Kurve	After the Omega shape.
7.	Veltins Kreisel	270-degree Kreisel (circular) curve sponsored by Veltins, a German brewery located in neighboring Meschede.
11, 12, 13	Labyrinth (not listed on track map)	Three turns in quick succession without a straight (labyrinth)

Turns 4–6, 8–10 and 14 have no names listed in the track diagram.[4]

Track records

Sport	Record	Nation - athlete(s)	Date	Time (seconds)
Bobsleigh two-man[5]	Start	Switzerland - Beat Hefti & Thomas Lamparter	29 November 2008	5.07
Bobsleigh two-man[5]	Track	Switzerland - Beat Hefti & Thomas Lamparter	8 December 2012	55.42
Bobsleigh four-man[6]	Start	Germany - André Lange, Alexander Roediger, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze		5.01
Bobsleigh four-man[6]	Track	Germany - André Lange, Alexander Roediger, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze	30 November 2008	54.54
Bobsleigh two-woman[7]	Start	Canada - Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse	12 December 2009	5.54
Luge - men's singles[8]	Start	Andi Langenhan -  Germany	7 December 2007	4.536
Luge - men's singles[8]	Track	Anton Dukach -  Ukraine	7 February 2015	52.037
Luge - women's singles[9]	Start	Natalie Geisenberger -  Germany	31 October 2009	4.915
Luge - women's singles[9]	Track	Natalie Geisenberger -  Germany	14 December 2008	56.192
Luge - men's doubles[10]	Start	Germany - Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt	9 January 2010	3.616
Luge - men's doubles[10]	Track	Germany - Walther & Grüneker	10 January 2009	44.106
Skeleton - men[11]	Track	Aleksandr Tretyakov -  Russia	28 November 2008	56.88
Skeleton - women[12]	Track	Kimberley Bos -  Netherlands	10 December 2021	56.70

Championships hosted

• FIBT World Championships: 1995 (bobsleigh),[13] 2000 (women's bobsleigh),[7] 2003 (women's bobsleigh), [7] 2015 (bobsleigh and skeleton)
• FIL European Luge Championships: 1982, 1992, 2000, 2006[14]
• FIL World Luge Championships: 1989, 1991, 2019[15]

References

External links

• BSD-portal.de track profile (in German)
• FIBT track profile - Click on video to ride down the track. Men's and women's singles luge will intersect with the bobsleigh and skeleton part of the track prior to turn one while men's doubles luge will intersect with the track prior to turn four.
• FIL-Luge track profile
• Official website (in English and German)

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