Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front.
He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
[2] He won a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, in Whistler, Canada.
[6] Wendl won two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi; in the luge double with Tobias Arlt, he won a gold in a time of 1 minute and 38:933 seconds at the Sanki Sliding track: this was half a second ahead of the second-placed Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger of Austria;[7] this winning margin was the biggest ever in Olympic luge doubles.
[9] Wendl then won the team relay with Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, and Tobias Arlt;[10] finishing more than one full second ahead of the second-placed Russian Federation team, in a time of 2 minutes and 45.649 seconds.