Bernhard Glass (born 6 November 1957) is an

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former

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r who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the gold

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in the men's singles event at the

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. Glass also won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1979 FIL European Luge Championships in Oberhof, East Germany. After his retirement from luge as an athlete, Glass became a luge coach. Among his famous pupils in luge were Silke Kraushaar,

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, and David Möller while others who started in luge, but later went to

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included

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and

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. In July 2010, Glass became a coach of the Canadian Luge Association.

References

Canadian Luge Association Bolsters Coaching Staff with New German Recruit.
at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (30 July 2010 article accessed 15 August 2010.) * * * 1957 births Living people German male lugers Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic lugers of East Germany Olympic medalists in luge National People's Army military athletes Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub