Madeleine Egle

Madeleine Egle
Egle in 2024
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998
Rinn, Austria
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryAustria
SportLuge
Event
Singles
Medal record
Women's luge
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingTeam relay
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangTeam relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 KönigsseeTeam relay
Silver medal – second place2023 OberhofTeam relay
Silver medal – second place2025 WhistlerTeam relay
Bronze medal – third place2024 AltenbergSingles
Bronze medal – third place2025 WhistlerMixed singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 LillehammerTeam relay
Gold medal – first place2024 IglsSingles
Gold medal – first place2024 IglsTeam relay
Gold medal – first place2025 WinterbergTeam relay
Silver medal – second place2022 St. MoritzSingles
Silver medal – second place2025 WinterbergSingles
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 LillehammerSingles

Madeleine Egle (born 21 August 1998) is an Austrian luger. She won bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and in 2018 another bronze medal at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Career

Egle in 2023

Egle turned pro in 2015 at the age of 16. She debuted at the FIL World Luge Championships during the 2015 FIL World Luge Championships. A year later she won her first career medal at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[1]

She made her Olympics debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.[2] Egle won a bronze medal during the team relay event.

In August 2025, it was reported that Egle had been issued with a 20-month ban backdated to March 2025 for an anti-doping rule violation for whereabouts failures.[3][4]

Personal life

Egle's younger sister, Selina Egle, is also a luger.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "At the Winter Youth Olympic Games that year in Lillehammer, Norway, Apshkrum beat Germany's Jessica Tiebel (silver) and Austria's Madeleine Egle (bronze)..." PAHerald.sk.ca. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Debütantinnen sind Madeleine Egle (19) und Hannah Prock (18), für sie geht es vordergründig darum, Erfahrungen zu sammeln (German)". sn.at. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Madeleine Egle, world No. 2 in luge, to miss 2026 Olympics due to ban for missed tests". NBC. 27 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Verpasste Dopingtests kosten Egle Olympia". ORF (in German). 25 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Max Langenhan doubles up to win Sprint at FIL Luge World Cup as Egle family shines at Lake Placid". eurosport.com. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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