Track map.Start housePicture of the Winterberg track Turn 7 at night in December 2006.
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 Germanbrewery 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
The venue includes a maximum grade of 15% and an average grade of 9.8%
Turns 4–6, 8–10 and 14 have no names listed in the track diagram.[4]
Championships hosted
FIBT World Championships: 1995 (bobsleigh),[13] 2000 (women's bobsleigh),[7] 2003 (women's bobsleigh), [7] 2015 (bobsleigh and skeleton)
^ a bNew start area for the luge and bobsleigh track in Winterberg. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (14 September 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.)
^List of two-woman bobsleigh championship medalists since 2000.
^ a b cTrack information (in German) - accessed 20 February 2008.
^ a b"BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ a b"BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ a b c"Humphries and Moyse smash bobsleigh start records". CAAWS. (accessed 2 January 2010)
^ a bFIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 9 January 2010 men's singles results. - accessed 9 January 2010.
^ a bFIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 10 January 2010 women's singles results. - accessed 10 January 2010.
^ a bFIL Luge World Cup Winterberg 9 January 2010 doubles results. - accessed 9 January 2010.
^"BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2024" (PDF). ibsf.org. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^"Skeletonster Bos schrijft historie in Winterberg met eerste wereldbekerzege". 10 December 2021.
^List of two-man bobsleigh championship medalists since 1931.
^List of men's singles luge European championship medalists since 1914
^List of Men's singles luge World championship medalists since 1955
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.
