Julia Taubitz

She was the fourth German starter for the Luge World Championships 2016 on the artificial ice track in Königsseequalify and reached sixth place on January 29, 2016 in the sprint competition, which was held for the first time.

With an eighth place in the women's race, she secured the silver medal in the U-23 area behind Summer Britcher and ahead of Viktoria Demchenko.

In the pre-Olympic season, Julia Taubitz was able to achieve a podium finish for the first time in the Olympic Sliding Center in Pyeongchang .

After the resignation of Tatjana Hüfner and the pregnancies of Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger, Taubitz was considered the best-performing member of an almost completely newly assembled German women's team from the 2019/20 season .

At theAt the 2020 World Championships in Sochi , she was only beaten by the local hero Ekaterina Katnikova and, like last year, won the silver medal.

In the final race with the team relay, Taubitz won her first world championship title alongside Johannes Ludwig and the double Eggert/Benecken.

Despite the return of Geisenberger and Eitberger with extremely strong performances in the World Cup, Taubitz maintained her leadership role in the team.