Hansjörg Raffl (born 29 January 1958 in Olang) is an Italian former

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r who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. Competing in five

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, he won two medals in the men's doubles event: a silver in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

and a bronze in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

. Raffl also won nine medals at the

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with two gold (Men's doubles:

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, Mixed team:

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

), four silvers (

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

, 1989,

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

; Mixed team: 1990), and three bronzes (Men's doubles:

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, Mixed team: 1991, 1993). He also won nine medals in the

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with two gold (Men's doubles:

), two silvers (Men's doubles: 1988,

), and five bronzes (Men's doubles:

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

; Mixed team: 1988, 1990, 1992). Raffll also won 26

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races and eight

overall men's doubles titles (1982-3, 1984-5, 1985-6, 1988-9, 1989–90, 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-3). His best World Cup overall finish in the men's singles was second in 1978-9.

References

1980 luge men's doubles results
* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raffl, Hansjorg 1958 births People from Olang Italian male lugers Living people Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Italy Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Germanophone Italian people Lugers from South Tyrol 20th-century Italian sportsmen