Bernd Oberhoffner was an

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r who competed in the early 1980s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1981 FIL World Luge Championships in

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. Oberhoffner also won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1979 FIL European Luge Championships in Oberhof, East Germany. Oberhoffner also worked as a stuntman for winter sports, working on many films, including the ski sequences in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.

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