Tove KOHALA

Sweden

Luge

Date of Birth: 29 Jan 2001

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Place of birth: LJUSTERO

Birth Country:

Sweden

Residence: LJUSTERO

Residence Country:

Sweden

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Women's Singles	20

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 1	Finished
After Run 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 3	Finished
After Run 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group B Run 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Run 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Run 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
19	Singles	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:52.271

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
32	Women's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	52.540
41	Women's Singles	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	41.168

U23 World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
16	Women's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	52.540

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women's Singles
2021/22	37
2020/21	31
2019/20	37
2018/19	47
2017/18	48

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
26	Women's Singles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
26	Women's Singles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT

Hobbies:

Alpine skiing, snowboarding, jet skiing

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Family:

Father, Hans. Mother, Ann Kiesbye. Older brother, Svalte. Younger sister Johanna.

Languages spoken:

Swedish

Club name:

Skargardens Rodel och Kalkklubb

Coach:

National: Anders Soederberg (SWE)

Sporting relatives:

Father Hans Kohala (Luge): Two-time Olympian (1992, 1994). His sixth place with doubles partner Carl-Johan Lindquist is Sweden's best result in the sport. Serves as president of the Swedish Luge Association.

Brother Svante Kohala (Luge): Finished 12th at the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games. Three World Championship appearances, with a best finish of 19th in 2021 (fifth in U23). Competed in the World Cup since 2018/19 with two top-20 finishes.

Sister Johanna Kohala (Luge): Member of Sweden's youth squad.

Debut:

2017 World Championships at Innsbruck (Singles - 41st)
2020 World Cup in Winterberg (Singles - 17th)

Start:

Followed her brother into the sport, despite their father's reservations. "It was almost over my dead body to let them into the toboggan world," Hans said. "I know what a hard job it is to be a toboggan rider and how much it requires of the riders themselves and of the surroundings. So I was against in the beginning. But once we came [to Lillehammer's Olympic track] and I saw how happy they looked, I could not say no." (sverigesradio.se, 27 Feb 2016)

Training:

The Swedish team has been training with the Austrian national team since the 2018/19 season. (swesliding.se, 20 Aug 2020)

General Interest

OLYMPIC BERTH
As the 10th-ranked woman in her age group in 2018, she satisfied FIL's criteria for a berth at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. However, she did not meet the stricter requirements of the Swedish Olympic Committee and did not compete. (skargarden.se, 5 Feb 2018)

Milestones

Qualified for three World Cup races during the 2020/21 season. Her best result was a 23rd-place finish in Altenberg.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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