Gert Elsässer (born 1949) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n skeleton racer who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the first skeleton World Championships in 1982 in St. Moritz. He was European champion in 1981 and 1982 and came in second in 1983. Elsässer was born in

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References

Gert Elsasser at Skeletonsport.com
*FIBT men's skeleton results: 1928-2005 (link invalid as of December 6, 2007). 1949 births Living people Austrian male skeleton racers Sportspeople from Innsbruck 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Skeleton-bio-stub