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Sascha Benecken
	Benecken in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	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
World Championships
European Championships
World Cup

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.

Early life

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.

Junior Career

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 at 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]

Luge results

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

World Cup

Season	Doubles									Sprint				Team relay						Points	Overall	Doubles	Sprint
Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	Overall	Doubles	Sprint
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

References

^ ^a ^b "Sascha Benecken". International Luge Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ "Sascha Benecken". German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ "Sascha Benecken". German Olympic Sports Confederation. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ "Sascha Benecken". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ "Benecken/Eggert retired from Luge". sportschau.de. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ 2015-16 season FIL World Cup results