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Luge At The 1972 Winter Olympics
Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1972. Medal summary Medal table East Germany led the medal table with eight medals, including three golds. The only non East-German medal came in the doubles, where Italy tied the Germans, with both teams receiving gold medals. Events Participating NOCs Thirteen nations participated in Luge at the Sapporo Games. Japan and the Soviet Union made their Olympic luge debut. * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Luge at the Winter Olympics 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ... 1972 Winter Olympics events 1972 in luge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapporo Teine
Sapporo Teine (サッポロテイネ) is a recreational center in Teine-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It comprises many facilities, such as the ski resort (with other facilities, besides ski), the Teineyama Ropeway, and the ''Sapporo Teine Golf Club'' fields. The ski resort has a summit elevation of , located on Mt. Teine, in western Sapporo. Currently skiing and snowboarding can be performed here. In Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972, Mt. Teine was the site of the first Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic Games in Asia and hosted the giant slalom and slalom events in Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics, alpine skiing. Facilities Sapporo Teine ski resort is separated into the ''Highland Zone'', and the ''Olympia Zone''. Also, connecting the 2 zones is the ''Rainbow Course'', a super long course with a maximum run length of from the summit. Other facilities at the ski resort are Highland Ski Center (with lift ticket sales, rental gear, shop, restaurant, coin lockers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margit Schumann
Margit Schumann (14 September 1952 – 11 April 2017) was an East Germany, East German luger who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976 and a bronze in 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972. Schumann also won four consecutive gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships (FIL World Luge Championships 1973, 1973–FIL World Luge Championships 1975, 75, FIL World Luge Championships 1977, 1977). Her number of championships would not be matched until Sylke Otto (also Germany, German) won it in FIL World Luge Championships 2000, 2000, FIL World Luge Championships 2001, 2001, FIL World Luge Championships 2003, 2003, and FIL World Luge Championships 2005, 2005. At the FIL European Luge Championships, Schumann won five medals with three golds (FIL European Luge Championships 1973, 1973–FIL European Luge Championships 1975, 1975), one silver (FIL European Luge Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luge At The Winter Olympics
Luge is a winter sport featured at the Winter Olympic Games where a competitor or two-person team rides a flat sled while lying supine (face up) and feet first. The sport is usually contested on a specially designed ice track that allows gravity to increase the sled's speed. The winner normally completes the route with the fastest overall time. It was first contested at the 1964 Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's events and a doubles event. Doubles is technically considered an open event since 1994, but only men have competed in it. German lugers (competing under the IOC country codes of EUA, GDR, FRG and GER at different times since 1964) have dominated the competition, winning 87 medals of 153 possible. Events Medal leaders Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three medals in total are listed below. Medal table Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): ''Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.'' ''Note: two gold medals handed in the 1972 double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luge At The 1972 Winter Olympics
Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1972. Medal summary Medal table East Germany led the medal table with eight medals, including three golds. The only non East-German medal came in the doubles, where Italy tied the Germans, with both teams receiving gold medals. Events Participating NOCs Thirteen nations participated in Luge at the Sapporo Games. Japan and the Soviet Union made their Olympic luge debut. * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Luge at the Winter Olympics 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ... 1972 Winter Olympics events 1972 in luge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Klaus Bonsack (born 26 December 1941), also known as Klaus-Michael Bonsack, is an East German former luger who competed during the 1960s and early 1970s. He was born in Waltershausen, Thuringia. He won four Winter Olympic medal in men's luge with one gold (doubles: 1968), one silver (singles: 1964), and two bronzes (singles: 1968, doubles: 1972). Bonsack also won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (doubles: 1967), two silvers (doubles: 1965, singles: 1967), and two bronzes (singles: 1963, doubles: 1969). Bonsack later served as chairman of the track construction commission, approving the final homologation of Cesana Pariol prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics for luge to compete at the track. He was among the first three inductees in the International Luge Federation (FIL) Hall of Fame in 2004, along with Paul Hildgartner and Margit Schumann Margit Schumann (14 September 1952 – 11 April 2017) was an East Germany, East German luger who competed dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Plaikner
Walter Plaikner (born 24 October 1951 in Kiens, South Tyrol) is an Italian former luger and coach of Austrian descent who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a doubles specialist, and competed alongside Paul Hildgartner. They won the gold medal in the men's doubles event (shared with the East German pairing of Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow) at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Plaikner also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he finished 11th in the doubles after suffering from a severe bout of flu. He retired from competition after the Games. Plaikner won two medals in the men's doubles events at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1971 and a bronze in 1973. He and Hildgartner also won two gold medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships ( 1971, 1974). After his retirement, Plaikner became a coach, working in Japan until 1998 and then in the United States to 2002. That year he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hildgartner
Paul Hildgartner (born 8 June 1952 in Chienes) is an Italian luger who competed from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned two gold medals (Men's doubles: 1972, Men's singles: 1984) and one silver medal (Men's singles: 1980) for his efforts. At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Hildgartner carried the Italian flag during the opening ceremonies. Biography Hildgartner also won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Men's singles: 1978, Men's doubles: 1971) and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1979, 1983; Men's doubles: 1973). Additionally, he won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 1978, 1984; Men's doubles: 1971, 1974), one silver (Men's singles: 1979), and one bronze (Mixed team: 1988). He also won the Luge World Cup overall title in men's singles in 1978-9, 1980-81 (tied with fellow Italian Ernst Haspinger), and 1982-3. Hildgartner is the only person to win a gold medal in me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Bredow
Reinhard Bredow (also known as Reinhard Bredlow, born 6 April 1947 in Ilsenburg) is an East German former luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He and Horst Hörnlein won the gold medal in the men's doubles event (shared with the Italian pairing of Walter Plaikner and Paul Hildgartner) at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Bredow also won four medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (1973), one silver (1969), and two bronzes (1970, 1971). He also won two gold medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1970, 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...). References * * * * 1947 births Living people People from Ilsenburg German male lugers Lugers at the 1968 Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Hörnlein
Horst Hörnlein (also known as Horst Hömlein, born 31 May 1945 in Möhrenbach) is a former East German luger and bobsleigh coach who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He and Reinhard Bredow won the gold medal in the men's doubles event (shared with the Italians Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner) at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Hörnlein also won five medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (1973), one silver (1969), and three bronzes (1965, 1970, 1971). He won four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with three golds (Men's singles: 1971, Men's doubles: 1970, 1972) and one bronze (Men's singles: 1970). After his retirement from competition, he became a bobsleigh coach, training the East German team from 1973 to 1990, and later coaching the British and Irish teams. He also served as head of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ute Rührold
Ute Rührold (later Böhme then Klawonn, born 9 December 1954) is a former East German luger who competed during the 1970s. She won two consecutive silver medals in the women's singles event at Winter Olympics (1972, 1976). Rührold also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (1973, 1975) and one bronze (1974). Additionally, she won a complete set of medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1972, a silver in 1973, and a bronze in 1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f .... ReferencesFuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's luge [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luge At The 1968 Winter Olympics
Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Villard-de-Lans. The competition took place between 11 and 18 February 1968. Medal summary Medal table East Germany led the medal table with three medals, one of each type. This was the first separate Games for East and West Germany, and thus each country's first luge medals. Events Participating NOCs Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Grenoble Games. Spain, France, Sweden and East and West Germany made their Olympic luge debuts. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notes References {{Luge at the Winter Olympics 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ... 1968 Winter Olympics events 1968 in luge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Maria Müller
Anna-Maria Müller (later Murach, 23 February 1949 – 23 August 2009) was an East German luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. At the previous Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she initially finished second after the competition was halted to three runs due to bad weather, but was disqualified with her East German teammates Ortrun Enderlein and Angela Knösel (who was fourth) when it was discovered that they had illegally heated their runners (which are used to guide the luge on the ice as it maneuvers down the track). Enderlein, who was leading at the time, and Müller were stripped of their respective medals as a result. Upon her Olympic victory in Sapporo, Müller explained that she enjoyed luge because it "...provided a harmonius counterbalance to my work as a pharmacist." Müller also won a silver medal at the 1969 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee, West German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
