Josef Feistmantl (23 February 1939 – 10 March 2019) was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He competed at three Olympic Games.[1]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luge | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1964 Innsbruck | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
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1969 Königssee | Men's singles |
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1959 Villard-de-Lans | Men's singles |
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1970 Königssee | Men's singles |
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1967 Hammarstrand | Men's singles |
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1971 Olang | Men's singles |
| European Championships | ||
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1967 Königssee | Men's doubles |
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1962 Weissenbach | Men's doubles |
Biography
editFeistmantl was born in Absam. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck along with Manfred Stengl.[2]
Feistmantl also won five medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (1969 - the first Worlds to be held on an artificial track, at Königssee),[2] two silvers (1959, 1970), and two bronzes (1967, 1971). He also won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold (1967) and one silver (1962).[3] After his 1969 World Championship win, he donated the medal to the Polish team after their luger Stanisław Paczka had been killed whilst in competition at the Championships: Feistmantl stated that he "wanted to set a positive example". That year the International Olympic Committee awarded him a Fair Play Prize for his gesture.[2]
At the opening ceremonies of the 1976 Winter Olympics, Feistmantl and fellow Austrian alpine skier Christl Haas were lighters of separate Olympic Flames as defined by Innsbruck's hosting of their second Winter Olympics. He subsequently cited this as his fondest memory.[2]
Feistmantl was inducted into the International Luge Federation Hall of Fame in 2005 along with Hans Rinn.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josef Feistmantl Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Harder, Wolfgang (May 2014). "What are they doing now…" (PDF). FIL Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 51. Berchtesgaden, Germany: International Luge Federation. p. 27. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "List of European luge champions". Eiskanal (in German). Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
External links
edit- FIL-Luge.org March 14, 2005 article on the new FIL Hall of Fame, including Feistmantl's induction. - accessed 8 March 2008.
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 February 2010)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 4 December 2012)