Manfred Schmid (born 6 June 1944 in Liezen)[1] is an Austrian former luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble in 1968 with a gold in the men's singles event and a silver in the men's doubles event.
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Austria
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1968 Grenoble | Men's singles |
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1968 Grenoble | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
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1969 Königssee | Men's doubles |
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1970 Königssee | Men's doubles |
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1967 Hammarstrand | Men's doubles |
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1969 Königssee | Men's singles |
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1971 Olang | Men's doubles |
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1975 Hammarstrand | Men's singles |
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1978 Imst | Men's singles |
| European Championships | ||
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1971 Imst | Men's doubles |
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1974 Imst | Men's singles |
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1970 Hammarstrand | Men's doubles |
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1971 Imst | Men's singles |
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1973 Königssee | Men's singles |
Schmid also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two gold (doubles: 1969, 1970), four silvers (singles: 1969, 1975; doubles: 1967, 1971), and one bronze (singles: 1978). He won five medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with two silvers (Men's singles: 1974, Men's doubles: 1971) and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1971, 1973; Men's doubles: 1970).
Schmid finished third in the overall Luge World Cup men's singles championship in 1977–78.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Schmid". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- Austrian Olympic museum biography (in German)
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge[usurped]
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (in German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
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