Merle Fräbel

Merle Fräbel
Fräbel in 2026
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2003-06-11) 11 June 2003[1]
Suhl, Germany
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Sport
CountryGermany
SportLuge
Event
Singles
ClubRT Suhl[1]
Coached byJan-Armin Eichhorn
Medal record
Women's luge
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 WhistlerSingles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 OberhofSingles
Gold medal – first place2026 OberhofTeam relay
Silver medal – second place2026 OberhofMixed singles
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 LausanneSingles
Silver medal – second place2020 LausanneTeam
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 WinterbergSingles

Merle Fräbel (born 11 June 2003) is a German luger.[3] She is the Under-23 World Champion, and Winter Youth Olympics champion in luge singles discipline.[2]

Career

Junior and youth career

Merle Fräbel started her luge career at the age of eight. At the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne 2020, she achieved her greatest success in the youth and junior divisions, winning gold in the singles and silver in the team relay. She was the first German female luger to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.[4] In the following season, 2021/22, she won the overall World Cup in both the singles and the team in the Junior World Cup.[5] She won the bronze medal at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Winterberg.

Senior career

Merle Fräbel started her Luge World Cup debut races in the 2022/23 season after good results in the German qualifying races, in which she won three of the four races.[6] At the 2023 Luge World Championships on her home track in Oberhof, she took fourth place in the sprint. In the singles, she was fifth and also secured the U23 World Championship gold medal.

Luge results

All results are sourced from the International Luge Federation (FIL) and German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD).[1][3]

Olympic Games

Event Age Singles Team relay
Italy 2026 Milano Cortina228—

World Championships

1 medal (1 silver)

Year Age Singles Sprint Team relay Mixed singles
Germany 2023 Oberhof195th4th—N/a
Germany 2024 Altenberg20—7th—
Canada 2025 Whistler21SilverN/a—DSQ

World Cup

Season Singles Sprint Team relay Mixed singles Points Overall Singles Sprint
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3
2022–23 Innsbruck
6		 Whistler
3		 Park City
11		 Sigulda
–		 Sigulda
4		 Altenberg
9		 Winterberg
6 		St. Moritz
6 		Winterberg
12 		Innsbruck
5		 Park City
12		 Winterberg
3		 Whistler
–		 Sigulda
–		 Sigulda
–		 Altenberg
–		 St. Moritz
–		 Winterberg
–		 N/a 542 6th 7th 5th
2023–24 Lake Placid
14		 Whistler
3		 Winterberg
12		 Innsbruck
14		 Altenberg
7		 Oberhof
1		 Oberhof
6		 Sigulda
9		 Sigulda
3		 Lake Placid
14		 Oberhof
4		 Sigulda
4		 Whistler
–		 Winterberg
–		 Innsbruck
–		 Altenberg
–		 Oberhof
1		 Sigulda
–		 611 7th 6th 6th
2024–25 Lillehammer
5		 Innsbruck
8		 Oberhof
4		 Sigulda
2		 Altenberg
3		 Winterberg
5		 Oberhof
4		 Pyeongchang
2		 Yanqing
3		 N/a Innsbruck
CNX		 Oberhof
–		 Sigulda
1		 Altenberg
 Whistler
–		 Yanqing
 Lillehammer
3		 Oberhof
1		 Pyeongchang
2		 582 N/a 4th N/a
Standings through 29 January 2024

U23 World Championships

  • 2023 Oberhof – 1st place, gold medalist(s) in Singles

Junior World Championships

  • 2022 Winterberg - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) in Singles

Junior European Championships

  • 2023 Sigulda - 2nd place, silver medalist(s) in Singles

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Merle Fräbel". bsd-portal.de (in German). German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Merle Fräbel". teamdeutschland.de. Team Deutschland. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Merle Fräbel profile". fil-luge.org. International Luge Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "YOG-Medaille". fil-luge.com. 29 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ankündigung JuniorenWM". veltins-eisarena.de. 25 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Weltcup Qualifikation". sportschau.de. 29 November 2022.
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