Dajana Eitberger

Eitberger at German Luge Championships Königssee 2020
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33) Ilmenau, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Luge
Event(s)	Singles, Doubles
Medal record Women's luge Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Singles World Championships 2023 Oberhof Sprint 2024 Altenberg Team relay 2016 Königssee Sprint 2019 Winterberg Sprint 2021 Königssee Singles 2021 Königssee Sprint 2023 Oberhof Singles European Championships 2015 Sochi Singles 2015 Sochi Team relay 2023 Sigulda Singles 2014 Sigulda Singles 2019 Oberhof Singles World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Singles 8 5 14 Sprint 2 5 6 Team relay 6 1 0 Total 16 11 20 Updated as of 26 February, 2023

Dajana Eitberger (born 7 January 1991) is a German luger.^[1] She currently represents Germany in the women's doubles event in the Luge World Cup.

Career

During the 2014–15 Luge World Cup season she was victorious in one event which was the final race of the season in Sochi. During that season she came in second twice and third four time and finished second in the overall standing behind her teammate, Natalie Geisenberger.^[2] The event in Sochi and doubled as the European championship and as such she is the current European champion.^[3]

During the 2015–16 Luge World Cup Eitberger was on the winners platform on the podium once (at the season opener in Igls),^[4] was second twice and third three times. She once again finished the season sixth in the standings.

Eitberger won the silver medal at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, again behind Natalie Geisenberger. She missed the 2019/20 season due to childbirth, subsequently returned to competition, but finished the 2021–22 Luge World Cup outside of the top ten, and did not qualify for the 2022 Olympics.^[5]

She competed at the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships and won a gold medal in the team relay.^[6]

Results

World Championships

• 7 medals – (2 gold, 5 bronze)

Year	Age	Singles	Sprint	Doubles	Doubles sprint	Team relay
2015 Sigulda	24	6th	—	—	—	—
2016 Königssee	25	20th	Bronze	—	—	—
2017 Innsbruck	26	9th	5th	—	—	—
2019 Winterberg	28	12th	Bronze	—	—	—
2020 Sochi	29	—	—	—	—	—
2021 Königssee	30	Bronze	Bronze	—	—	—
2023 Oberhof	31	Bronze	Gold	—	—	—
2024 Altenberg	33	—	—	6th	5th	Gold

World Cup

Season		Singles										Sprint					Team relay							Points	Overall	Singles	Sprint
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4	5	6
2012–13		–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–		—	—	—	—		–	–	–	–	–	–		60	35th	35th	—
2013–14		40	4	9	7	5	4	3	5	7		—	—	—	—		–	–	–	–	–	–		432	5th	5th	—
2014–15		2	7	6	3	3	2	3	3	1		4	4	2	—		–	–	–	–	1	1		851		2nd
2015–16		1	9	3	9	6	3	19	10	7		3	2	2	N/A		1	–	–	–	–	–		712		6th	1st
2016–17		3	9	5	8	16	–	4	8	3		1	6	–	N/A		–	–	–	–	–	–		553		7th	NC
2017–18		2	11	3	6	5	2	1	DNF	4		9	1	–	4		–	–	–	–	1	–		754	2nd	2nd	NC
2018–19		8	8	25	1	14	8	25	3	3		3	6	2	N/A		–	–	–	–	–	–		631	4th	4th	2nd
2020–21		3	6	1	13	5	11	11	5	4		3	3	3	N/A		–	–	1	–	–	CNX		698	3rd	4th	3rd
2021–22		5	5	9	9	–	DNF	–	–	–		3	–	–	N/A		–	–	–	–	–	–		270	18th	19th	13rd
2022–23		10	4	1	1	2	3	4	1	6		7	2	4	—		–	2	–	–	1	–		852	2nd	2nd	2nd

Note: Prior to 2020/21 season, to be classified in sprint standings athletes must compete on all sprint events throughout the season.