Lyubov Panyutina

Lyubov Felixowna Panjutina (Russian: Любовь Феликсовна Панютина; born July 26, 1970) is a former Russian Naturbahnrodlerin. It was 1992 and 1998 World Champion and 1997 European Champion. By 2001 they started in the World Cup, where they reached the second place three times in the World Cup with five victories and 13 other podiums.

Career

Panjutina comes as many internationally successful Russian natural track luge from Kandalakscha. From the mid- 1980s, she participated in international competitions and was the first Russian woman and at the same time as the first, which is not from the " natural track luge strongholds " Austria or Italy, to keep pace with the world's best. Previously, Russian natural track luge were hardly have appeared internationally, only to the European Championship in 1974 several Russians had taken part, but while achieving without significant results. In the 1980s, a new, young group of Russian natural track luge, the fast connection found primarily in the women by Lyubov Panjutina best in the world, while the men it was not until ten years later, was formed. With the rise of natural track luge sport in the former Soviet Union and later Russia, the country was also increasingly hosts international competitions. First time in 1986, a race in Moscow was held in 1994 World Cup race took place there. Kandalakscha, the hometown Panjutinas, 1995 was the venue for the 16th natural track luge European championship.

Lyubov Panjutina launched in 1987 at a European Championship, finished in Jesenice but only the 16th place of 20 's women evaluated. Two years later she was running in fifth place at the European Championships 1989 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. In the same year she took part in Bruck on the Grossglockner road for the only time at a European Junior Championships and was seventh. After the World Cup in 1988 had to be canceled due to weather conditions, it took 1990 for the first time at a World Cup finals and celebrated in the Italian Gsies her first major success when she won the bronze medal behind the Austrians Jeanette Koppensteiner and Irene Koch. This was the first World Cup medal, which did not go to Italy or Austria. In 1991 Panjutina came at the European Championships in Fie only to sixth place, but won in Unterammergau natural track luge European Cup, which was the only winner of this 1967 discharged until 1995 competition that did not come from Italy or Austria. After her bronze medal from 1990 Panjutina increased during the World Cup 1992 in Bad Goisern on and won before the two Austrians Elvira woodcutter and Irene Koch their first world title. Again, she was the first Russian woman and also the first luge athlete that did not come from Italy or Austria, who succeeded in doing so.

Their strength proved Panjutina in from 1992/1993 World Cup discharged. In a total of eight seasons it took until 2001 World Cup race in part, celebrated five victories, seven were second and third six times, three times, thus reaching the second place in the overall standings. An overall World Cup victory which she did not. In the season 1992/1993 Panjutina immediately won the first World Cup race in the Finnish Rautavaara, was third in the second race in Inzing and was the fourth of the five races of the season in Nova Levante again at the top of the podium. However, the overall World Cup it was inferior to the Italian Doris Haselrieder, which also celebrated two victories. In the next season Panjutina remained without victory, but drove in all five races on the podium. It was four times second and once third and had to concede defeat, which was not hit with four wins this season in the World Cup, only the Austrian Irene Zechner. The title bouts but scored Panjutina front places in these two years. At the European Championships in 1993 in Stein an der Enns as she came third last only on the rank 15 and also at the World Cup 1994 in Gsies she remained with eighth clearly behind their World Cup results. Improve she could back in their home European Championship 1995 Kandalakscha. Panjutina won the silver medal behind Irene Zechner and fetched now also at the European Championships, the first medal for Russia. In the world cup they came in the season 1994/1995 only once, as second in Kreuth, on the podium and was equal on points with the Canadian Sonja Dobson sixth in the World Cup. The following winter she went in any World Cup races into the top three, but improved the overall classification by one place to fifth. Also not into the top three of them came at the World Championships in 1996 in Oberperfuss, missed the medals in fourth place but only just.

In the 1996/1997 season Lyubov Panjutina was back to winning ways and celebrated after they had already made two days before a third place, on 26 Jan 1997 in Toblach her ​​third World Cup victory - the first in four years. A week later, the then 26 -year-old also won the European Championship in 1997 in Moss pass eggs. Your winning streak put them in the last two World Cup races in shelter and Garmisch -Partenkirchen with their last two World Cup victories continued, the Italian Sonja Steinacher had to in the World Cup but to admit defeat, although they only won one World Cup race, but with three second places and one third place nevertheless the overall rating for chose. In the World Cup season 1997/1998 Panjutina reached a second and two third places and fell in the World Cup back in sixth. She celebrated her last great success in the 1998 World Cup in Rautavaara, as for the second time World Champion was against the Italians Christa Gietl and Sonja Steinacher.

After a one year break Lyubov Panjutina took in the seasons 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 once again participated in international competitions. While they drove in the 1999/2000 season only in a World Cup race at the fastest five and sixth in the overall standings, was reached at the end of the 2000/2001 season with second place in Moscow and third in Huttau two podiums and finished fourth in the overall World Cup. The winner of these two World Cup races was her eleven years younger compatriot Ekaterina Lawrentjewa, which had already taken over the role of the new number one in the Russian women's team in the previous year by their world title. At the World Championships in 2000 and 2001 in Olang in Stein an der Enns Panjutina was fifth, respectively. After the winter 2000/2001, she ended her career at the age of 30 years.

Sporting successes

World Championships

  • Gsies 1990: 3 seater
  • Bad Goisern 1992: first single-seater
  • Gsies 1994: 8 seater
  • Oberperfuss 1996: 4 seater
  • Rautavaara 1998: first single-seater
  • Olang 2000: 5 seater
  • Stein an der Enns 2001: 5 seater

European Championships

  • Jesenice 1987: 16 seater
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1989: 5 seater
  • Fiè 1991: 6 seater
  • Stein an der Enns 1993: 15 seater
  • Kandalakscha 1995: 2 seater
  • Moos in Passeier 1997: first single-seater

European Junior Championships

  • Bruck an der Grossglockner Road 1989: 7 seater

World Cup

  • 3x 2nd overall in the single-seater in the seasons 1992/1993, 1993/1994 and 1996/1997
  • 1x 4th overall in the single-seater in the 2000/2001 season
  • 1x 5th overall in the single-seater in the 1995/1996 season
  • 3x 6 overall in the single-seater in the seasons 1994/1995, 1997/1998 and 1999/2000
  • 18 podiums, 5 wins:

European Cup

  • European Cup victory in 1991 in Unterammergau
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1990 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1992 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1998 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1995 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1997 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships Kandalaksha FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1974 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1985 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1987 Municipality of Jesenice FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1989 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1991 Elvira Holzknecht FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1993 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1994 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1996 Obdach FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2000 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2001 Finland Renate Gietl Sandra Lanthaler
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