Hans-Heinrich Winkler (sometimes listed as Hans-Heinrich Wickler) was an

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r who competed in the mid-1970s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1976 FIL European Luge Championships in

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. Winkler also finished fourth in the men's singles event at the

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though his surname was misspelled as Wickler.

References

List of European luge champions
*Wallechinsky, David. (1984). "Luge - Men's singles". ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 575. German male lugers Living people Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for East Germany East German male lugers 1954 births People from Erzgebirgskreis People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub