- Klaus Bonsack
Klaus Bonsack (sometimes shown as Klaus-Michael Bonsack, born
December 26 ,1941 ) was an East Germanluge r who competed during the 1960s and early 1970s. He won four Winter Olympic medal in men's luge with one gold (doubles: 1968), one silver (singles: 1964), and two bronzes (singles: 1968, doubles: 1972).Bonsack also won five medals at the
FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (doubles: 1967), two silvers (doubles: 1965, singles: 1967), and two bronzes (singles: 1963, doubles: 1969).Bonsack later served as chairman of the track construction commission, approving the final homologation of
Cesana Pariol prior to the2006 Winter Olympics for luge to compete at the track. He was among the first three inductees in theInternational Luge Federation (FIL) Hall of Fame in 2004, along withPaul Hildgartner andMargit Schumann .References
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/browse/28/article/2006-olympic-track-in-cesana-pariol-homologated-by-fil.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=157&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1193948566&cHash=a03475c7f7 FIL approves track for use for the 2006 Winter Olympics, featuring Bonsack]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/browse/3/article/first-admission-to-the-hall-of-fame-in-the-sport-of-luge.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1072911600&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2678399&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=157&cHash=0d913ab04a FIL-Luge.org January 7, 2004 Hall of Fame induction.]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.]
* [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/biobo.htm List of Great Olympians BO]
* [http://www.fuzilogik.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=279&Itemid=105 Winter Olympic results - men's luge: 1964-2006]
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