Thomas Schwab (born 20 April 1962 in
Berchtesgaden
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,
Bavaria
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) is a
West German
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luge
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r who competed in the late 1980s. Together with
Wolfgang Staudinger
Wolfgang Staudinger (born 8 September 1963 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) is a West Germany, West German luger who competed from 1978 to 1989. Together with Thomas Schwab he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1988 Wi ...
he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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in
Calgary
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, representing
West Germany
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.
Schwab also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the
1987 FIL World Luge Championships in
Igls
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,
Austria
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. He also won two gold medals at the
1988 FIL European Luge Championships in
Königssee
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Description
Situated within the Berchte ...
,
West Germany
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(Men's doubles and mixed team). Schwab won the overall
Luge World Cup
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men's doubles title in 1986–7.
From 1994 to 2008, he was head coach of all male and female lugers of
Germany
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's A-Group, succeeding
Josef Lenz
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Lenz competed ...
at this position. Since the
1994 Winter Olympics
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, his athletes have won a total of 129 medals in the Winter Olympics, world championships, and European championships. In February 2008, Schwab was named secretary general and sports director for the
German bobsleigh and luge federation (BSD), effective in May. He was replaced as head coach of the German luge team by Norbert Loch, father of
2008 men's single world champion Felix
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.
References
External links
DatabaseOlympics.com information on Schwab*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100221081843/http://www.fuzilogik.com/Sports-Library/Luge/Men-s-Luge-Olympic-Medals.html Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's lugebr>
Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
1962 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Berchtesgaden
German male lugers
Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
Olympic medalists in luge
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
20th-century German people
Olympic lugers for West Germany
West German male lugers
German sports coaches
German sports executives and administrators
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