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luge

sliding sport where where an individual or a team of 2 propels a luge down a natural or artificial track
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Summary

luge is a type of sport[1]. luge draws 2,067 Wikipedia views per month (type of sport category, ranking #136 of 435).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: winter sport[3], sledding[4], Olympic sport[5]
  • Commons category: Luge[6]
  • Authority: International Luge Federation[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Luge[8]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: sport=luge[9]
  • Different from: sledding[10]
  • Uses: luge sled[11], luge track[12]
  • Practiced by: luger[13]
  • Derivative work: alpine slide[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Related category: Category:Luge by continent[16], Category:Luge by country[17], Category:Luge by year[18], Category:Luge by decade[19]

Why It Matters

luge has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] luge is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000309
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  2. 13w ago · Yupik · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related category → Category:Luge by continent, Category:Luge by country, Category:Luge by year +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Related category: Category:Luge by continent"
  3. 13w ago · Sanjeev bot bot · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → sledding
    Practiced by → luger
    Authority → International Luge Federation
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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