Sascha Benecken
Sascha Benecke (born 14 February 1990 in Suhl ) is a German luger who has also worked as a musician.
- 4.1 Plexic
- 4.2 adrenaline
Origin and childhood
Both his father and his brother were already members of the junior national team in the Nordic combined the GDR. This he has already participated in kindergarten at a play and sports group, of which he then joined the luge for handball and 1999 after a sighting in physical education.
School and education
In February 2003, joined Sascha Benecke at the sports high school Oberhof and in the local boarding school. In June 2009, he passed the high school and competed successfully at the federal police, where he remained until October 2013 training in the middle Polizeivollzugsdienst graduated in the federal police sports school in Bad Endorf to the police chief.
Sporting career performance
Benecke is a member of the sled team Suhl since 1999. Since his childhood, he went through the path from the general sports group on the Promotion Group of the Association. At that time, child-friendly training three times a week after school athletics and additionally tobogganing all year.
Benecke was delegated in 2003 as a double backer ( Gutberlet / Benecke ) on the sports high school and thus left the home trainer Theisinger, Graefner and deletion to continue to train at the sports school. In the following years, he was trained by the trainers Lehmann, münchmeyer, Frielinghaus and the junior national team coach Witter. In his youth, Benecke first drove both in single as well as double.
Junior
In autumn 2005, Benecke qualified individual for the three youth -A- Cup, which he could all win. From then on, he started only in singles. He qualified in 2006, although still eligible to start for Youth A, for the Junior World Cup and made his first Junior World Cup victory on 13 January 2007 jump to the Junior World Championship, where he was able to prove on the Olympic track in Cesana sixth.
Benecke was part of the junior national team and won the 2008 Junior World Cup and won again the 6th place at the Junior World Championships in Lake Placid. In 2009 he was both Junior Vice World Champion, as well as overall World Cup runner-up. On 31 January 2010, he won in Innsbruck- Igls in his fourth and final World Junior Championship bronze and thus recommended as a B-team qualifier for the German luge team.
General Class / World Cup Debut
The German team coach Norbert Loch decided together with Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecke that these two start than double from the 2010/2011 season. In their first joint deployment in the World Cup, the duo took 27 November 2010 to sixth place. At their home World Cup in Oberhof, they reached the first time a podium finish in the World Cup. In the Overall World Cup 2010/11 they finished at the end of the 4th Place. In her World Championship debut in 2011 they were able to drive to 10th place.
In the season 2011/2012 Eggert and Benecke began in the World Cup Innsbruck 5th place, occupied fourth place in Whistler and third place in Calgary. After the turn of the year they started with the third place in Koenigssee and then have won her first World Cup victory in Oberhof. In the other race they were, for example, in St. Moritz second behind Linger / Linger. Overall, they could / 2012 bronze in the World Cup 2011.
On the way home World Cup in Altenberg, Ore Mountains, the two were runner-up behind Linger / Linger and team relay together with Felix Loch and Tatjana Huefner world champion.
On the home track him Oberhof Eggert / Benecke won at European Championship 2013 title in a double and the team. At the World Cup 2013 in Whistler Wendl / Arlt lay ahead.
Music
Age of four learned Benecke in kindergarten recorder. He brought with himself 13 years to play the guitar and formed a band called " uncreative ".
Plexic
In the following years he gathered together with friends first experiences on stage with performances of his own German-language music under the name " Plexic ". In the spring of 2007 he was given the opportunity to make a studio demo recordings, which were then published as a five - track album. In summer 2007, he participated with his band at a Thuringian band contest in which they were fourth best student band in Thuringia.
Adrenaline
Benecke competed in the summer of 2007 with his band for the official theme song for the FIL World Luge Championships 2008 in Oberhof. For this he took a pre-existing melody of his own songs, wrote the lyrics to a band member and played a demo tape one. With this tape they prevailed against five other candidates Bands and got the contract. So the official title song adrenaline was added to the X - Friedrichroda Studios and produced by Eric Jeitner in late summer 2007. A music video was followed. In February 2008, reached adrenaline in the German Auflegecharts 36th place This was the climax and also the end of the project " Plexic " because the ways of the members then separated from work and school grounds.
Social Commitment
Benecke played with his band in the summer of 2007 on a charity concert in which all proceeds zugutekam the Children's Hospice Central Germany.
Since 2010 he has in common with Eggert godfather of the White race and support the campaign "Athletes put characters "
Furthermore Benecke supports the Management Board of the Rodel teams Suhl in the " marketing " and " contact tip Sports - Club ". As a trained C coach and referee, he is repeatedly used in competitions for children and youth sports.
In summer 2012, Benecke organized a benefit volleyball game in Suhl, in which his training group to David Moeller, Andi Langenhan, Ludwig and Co. against VfB Suhl 91 played for the offspring.
2013 supported Benecke as patron the nationwide event organized by the Sports Big Star and the School Competition IHK Südthüringen "Our Best Ninth ".