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FIL World Luge Championships 1960
The FIL World Luge Championships 1960 took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. This was an extraordinary event because a luge track was not constructed for the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ... in Squaw Valley. Men's singles Women's singles Doubles Medal table ReferencesDoubles World Champions {{Luge World Championships FIL World Luge Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Oberbayern region, which borders Austria. Nearby is Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze, at above sea level. The town is known as the site of the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, the first to include alpine skiing, and hosts a variety of winter sports competitions. History Garmisch (in the west) and Partenkirchen (in the east) were separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities. Partenkirchen originated as the Roman town of ''Partanum'' on the trade route from Venice to Augsburg and is first mentioned in the year A.D. 15. Its main street, Ludwigsstrasse, follows the original Roman road. Garmisch was first mentioned some 800 years later as ''Germaneskau'' ("German District"), suggesting that at some po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Leitner
Erika Leitner was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 1960 FIL World Luge Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ..., West Germany. Leitner also won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1955 European luge championships in Hahnenklee, West Germany. References Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 In Luge
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIL World Luge Championships
The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships for all natural track events that have taken place since 1979. Host cities *1955: Oslo, Norway *1956: Event cancelled *1957: Davos, Switzerland * 1958: Krynica, Poland *1959: Villard-de-Lans, France *1960: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany *1961: Girenbad, Switzerland * 1962: Krynica, Poland *1963: Imst, Austria *1965: Davos, Switzerland *1966: Friedrichroda, East Germany (cancelled) * 1967: Hammarstrand, Sweden * 1969: Königssee, West Germany *1970: Königssee, West Germany *1971: Olang, Italy * 1973: Oberhof, East Germany *1974: Königssee, West Germany *1975: Hammarstrand, Sweden * 1977: Innsbruck, Austria *1978: Imst, Austria * 1979: Königssee, West Germany *1981: Hammarstrand, Sweden * 1983: Lake Placid, U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Tiedge
Horst Tiedge (born 1935) was a West German luger who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1960 FIL World Luge Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. He was born in Ilmenau Ilmenau () is a town in Thuringia, central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district with a population of 38,600, while the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau is located approximately south of Erfurt and north of Nuremberg w .... References External linksHickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Thaler
Helmut Thaler (born 22 January 1940) was an Austrian luger who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Thaler also won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 1960 and a bronze in 1961. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O .... References External links * * * * * * 1940 births Living people Austrian male lugers Olympic lugers for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Thaler
Herbert Thaler (born 22 January 1940 in Imst) is an Austrian luger who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He won two medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in the men's singles (1959) and a silver in the men's doubles event (1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...). References Austrian male lugers Living people 1940 births People from Imst District Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) {{Austria-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewald Walch
Ewald Walch (born 18 August 1940 in Innsbruck) was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Walch also won seven medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds (1960, 1969, 1970), two silvers (1967, 1971), and two bronzes (1957, 1963). He also won a complete set of medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1962, a silver in 1971, and a bronze in 1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem .... References * * * * 1940 births Living people Austrian male lugers Olympic lugers of Austria Olympic silver medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannelore Possmoser
Hannelore Possmoser (sometimes shown as Hanns Possmoer) was an Austrian luger who competed during the late 1950s and early 1960s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles at the 1960 FIL World Luge Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ..., West Germany. References Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 October 1990. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The FRG's provisional capital was the city of Bonn, and the Cold War era country is retrospectively designated as the Bonn Republic. At the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided between the Western and Eastern blocs. Germany was divided into the two countries. Initially, West Germany claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, representing itself as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Isser
Maria Isser (22 October 1929 in Matrei am Brenner – 25 February 2011 in Innsbruck (German) retrieved 3 April 2011) was an n r who competed during the early 1950s and early 1960s. She won five medals at the with two golds (Women's singles: |
Hans Plenk
Hans Plenk (born 21 February 1938) was a West German luger who competed during the 1960s. He was born in Berchtesgaden. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Plenk won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four medals in the men's singles (gold: 1965, silver: 1961, 1963; bronze: 1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...) and one in the men's doubles event (bronze: 1960). References * * * 1938 births Living people German male lugers Olympic lugers of the United Team of Germany Olympic lugers of West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in luge Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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