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Luge At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's Singles ...
The men's singles luge competition at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held from 30 January to 4 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. Tragedy affected the event as British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki was killed during a practice run on January 23, seven days before the start of the competition. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Men's singles Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics Luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
The Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The most recent version of the track was completed in 1975 and is the first permanent, combination artificially refrigerated bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, serving as a model for other tracks of its kind worldwide. It hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitions for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.2012 Winter Youth Games venue listings in bid packages. - accessed 2 June 2010. History In 1935, Igls hosted the two-man event of the world bobsleigh championships when the track ran from Römerstra ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Urban
Horst Urban (15 May 1936 – 2 March 2010) was a Czech luger. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm .... References 1936 births 2010 deaths Czech male lugers Olympic lugers for Czechoslovakia Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou {{CzechRepublic-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Jucker
Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Alamannic nobility, the name is popularly given from the high medieval period in reference to Saint Ulrich of Augsburg (canonized 993). There is also a surname Ulrich. It is most prevalent in Germany and has the highest density in SwitzerlandThis last name was found in the United States around the year 1840Most Americans with the last name were concentrated in Pennsylvania, which was home to many Pennsylvania Dutch, German immigrant communities. Nowadays in the United States, the name is distributed largely in the Pennsylvania-Ohio regio History Documents record the Old High German name ''Oadalrich'' or ''Uodalrich'' from the later 8th century in Alamannia. The related name '' Adalric'' (Anglo-Saxon cognate '' Æthelric'') is attested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Schellenberg
Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg (13 March 1929 – 28 October 2019) was a British businessman and Winter Olympian. He was known for his legal disputes related to his ownership of the Scottish island of Eigg. He also stood in the 1964 UK general election and the 1966 UK general election in Richmond (Yorks) and in the October 1974 UK general election in Moray and Nairn as a Liberal candidate. Personal life Schellenberg was the son of Clifford Robertshaw Schellenberg (1898–1971), of Woodlands, The Grove, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire. His distant forebears hailed from Wurttemberg. He attended Giggleswick School. Schellenberg was a lifelong vegetarian. He became vegetarian after witnessing a friend kill a water rat with a catapult. He had six children and was married four times; firstly, in 1957, to Jan Hagenbach, with whom he had two daughters; secondly, in 1964, to Margaret de Hauteville Hamilton, daughter of Robert Hamilton-Udny, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, by whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Hujer
Jiří Hujer (born 18 January 1941) is a Czech luger. He competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References External links * 1941 births Living people Czech male lugers Olympic lugers for Czechoslovakia Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{CzechRepublic-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Graber
Giovanni Graber (born 26 March 1939 in Valdaora) is an Italian former luger who competed during the 1950s and the 1960s. He won a medal in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1962. Graber competed in two Winter Olympics in the men's doubles event, finishing tied for fifth in 1964 and eighth in 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 .... References *Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Men's Two-seater". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 576. Italian male lugers Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Living people 1939 births Olympic lugers for Italy People from Olang Italian lugers Sportspeople from South Tyrol {{Italy-luge-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hessel
John Michael Hessel (born December 6, 1942) is a retired American luger. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics and placed 22nd and 30th, respectively. Hessel was born to a doctor, and grew up in Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu .... He attended Menlo High School, University of Oregon, UC Berkeley and Oregon State University. At the 1964 Olympics, he was arrested for a brawl with local police, but was later acquitted. After retiring from competitions Hessel became a commercial fisherman and then a melon farmer. References External links * 1942 births Living people American male lugers Olympic lugers for the United States Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhold Senn
Reinhold Senn (born in Imst on 6 December 1936) was an Austrian luger who competed during the 1960s. Senn won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the 1961 FIL World Luge Championships in Girenbad, Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ..., Senn won bronze medals in the men's singles and men's doubles event. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany. References * * * * * 1936 births Living people Austrian male lugers Olympic lugers of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{Austria-Winte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Gartmann (luger)
Arnold Gartmann (born 18 October 1941) is a Swiss luger. He competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References External links * * 1941 births Living people Swiss male lugers Olympic lugers for Switzerland Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Axel Strøm
Jan-Axel Strøm (born 6 September 1945) is a Norwegian luger. He participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ..., where he placed 19th singles and 10th in doubles (together with Christian Hallén-Paulsen). References External links * 1945 births Living people Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian male lugers Olympic lugers for Norway Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics {{Norway-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Egli
Emil Egli (born 18 December 1941) is a Swiss luger. He competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References 1941 births Living people Swiss male lugers Olympic lugers of Switzerland Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Außendorfer
Walter Aussendorfer (18 April 1939 – 27 October 2019) was an Italian luger who competed during the early 1960s. He was born in Tiers. He won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the .... References External links * profile on his own web page(with correct spelling in )* ttp://www.fuzilogik.com/Sports-Library/Luge/Men-s-Luge-Olympic-Medals.html Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's lugebr>Hickoksports.com results on luge and skeleton. 1939 births 2019 deaths Italian male lugers Olympic lugers for Italy Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Germanophone Italian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
