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Gerhard Plankensteiner
Italian luger (born 1971) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerhard Plankensteiner (born 8 April 1971 in Sterzing, South Tyrol) is an Italian former luger who competed from 1986 to 2010. Together with Oswald Haselrieder he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Plankensteiner also won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Men's doubles: 2009, Mixed team: 1989) and four bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996, Mixed team: 1991, 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he won six medals with one silver (Men's doubles: 1996) and five bronzes (Men's doubles: 2002, 2008 (tied with Germany); Mixed team: 1996, 2000, 2008).
Plankensteiner's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in men's doubles in 1996-97.
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References
- FIL-Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-20)
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
- List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-25) (in German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
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