Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 1 | Singles | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 3:13.085 |
| World Championships |
| 1 | Singles | 2013 | Whistler, BC, CAN | 1:36.375 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2013 | Whistler, BC, CAN | 2:03.826 |
| 1 | Singles | 2012 | Altenberg, GER | 1:47.332 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2012 | Altenberg, GER | 2:22.003 |
| 1 | Singles | 2009 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | 1:44.336 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2009 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | 2:39.630 |
| 1 | Singles | 2008 | Oberhof, GER | 1:30.643 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2008 | Oberhof, GER | 2:29.664 |
| 2 | Singles | 2011 | Cesana Pariol, ITA | 1:43.559 |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | Singles |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 |
| 2012/2013 | 1 |
| 2011/2012 | 1 |
| 2010/2011 | 2 |
| 2009/2010 | 3 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | Singles | Relay |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 5 x 1st | 4 x 1st |
| 2012/2013 | 3 x 1st | 2 x 1st |
| 2011/2012 | 6 x 1st | 3 x 1st |
| 2010/2011 | 3 x 1st | 2 x 1st |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 1 | Singles | 2013/2014 | Altenberg, GER | 1:48.921 |
| 1 | Singles | 2013/2014 | Oberhof, GER | 1:26.957 |
| 1 | Singles | 2013/2014 | Konigssee, GER | 1:38.266 |
| 1 | Singles | 2013/2014 | Whistler, BC, CAN | 1:36.686 |
| 1 | Singles | 2013/2014 | Igls, AUT | 1:40.878 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2013/2014 | Konigssee, GER | 2:42.781 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2013/2014 | Park City, UT, USA | 2:18.546 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2013/2014 | Whistler, BC, CAN | 2:03.791 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2013/2014 | Igls, AUT | 2:11.798 |
| 3 | Singles | 2013/2014 | Lillehammer, NOR | 1:38.497 |
| 3 | Team Relay | 2013/2014 | Altenberg, GER | 2:26.303 |
| European Championships |
| 1 | Singles | 2013 | Oberhof, GER | 1:27.257 |
| 1 | Team Relay | 2013 | Oberhof, GER | 2:24.291 |
| 3 | Singles | 2012 | Paramonovo, RUS | 1:32.042 |
LegendDNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Hobbies: Cycling, playing golf, windsurfing, climbing, spending time with friends. (felixloch.de, 07 Dec 2013)
- Languages Spoken: German
- Coach: Norbert Loch [national, father] (berchtesgadener-land.com, 14 Jan 2014)
- Injuries: He crashed in training for the 2013 World Cup event in Lake Placid, NY, United States and suffered a hand injury [a capsule injury in the finger]. He was forced to withdraw from the competition. (usaluge.org, 09 Feb 2013)
In November 2008 he tore two ligaments in his shoulder during a training week in Whistler, BC, Canada. (fil-luge.org, 01 May 2009)
- Occupation: Athlete, Police Officer
- Club Name: RC Berchtesgaden , Germany
- Sporting Relatives: His father Norbert competed in luge at the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo. He has since worked as the coach of the German national team. (nbcolympics.com, 20 Dec 2013; badische-zeitung.de, 22 Dec 2012)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerHe began competing in luge in 1996. (berchtesgadener-land.com, 14 Jan 2014)
Reason for taking up this sportHis father Norbert competed in luge at the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo, and introduced Loch to the sport. "In the stroller, I was already at the luge track." (faz.net, 10 Jan 2013; badische-zeitung.de, 22 Dec 2012; bsd-portal.de, 01 Mar 2012)
TrainingHe trains twice a day, five days a week. (merkur-online.de, 04 Aug 2012)
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning gold at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (bundespolizei.de, 05 Apr 2012)
HeroGerman luge slider Georg Hackl, Italian luge slider Armin Zoggeler. (felixloch.de, 07 Dec 2013)
AwardsHe was named German Police Athlete of the Year in 2010. (bundespolizei.de, 05 Apr 2012)
GeneralYOUNGEST
At age 18 he won the men's singles at the 2008 World Championships in Oberhof, Germany, making him the youngest athlete at the time to have won the title. (fil-luge.org, 01 May 2009)
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