- Manfred Schmid
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Medal record Men's Luge Competitor for 
AustriaOlympic Games Gold 1968 Grenoble Men's singles Silver 1968 Grenoble Men's doubles World Championships Gold 1969 Königssee Men's doubles Gold 1970 Königssee Men's doubles Silver 1967 Hammarstrand Men's doubles Silver 1969 Königssee Men's singles Silver 1971 Olang Men's doubles Silver 1975 Hammarstrand Men's singles Bronze 1978 Imst Men's singles European Championships Silver 1971 Imst Men's doubles Silver 1974 Imst Men's singles Bronze 1970 Hammarstrand Men's doubles Bronze 1971 Imst Men's singles Bronze 1973 Königssee Men's singles Manfred Schmid (born 6 June 1944) 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.
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 1977-8.
References
- Austrian Olympic museum biography (German)
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge
- 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 (German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
1964: Thomas Köhler (EUA) * 1968: Manfred Schmid (AUT) * 1972: Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR) * 1976: Dettlef Günther (GDR) * 1980: Bernhard Glass (GDR) * 1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) * 1988: Jens Müller (GDR) * 1992: Georg Hackl (GER) * 1994: Georg Hackl (GER) * 1998: Georg Hackl (GER) * 2002: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2006: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2010: Felix Loch (GER)Categories:- 1944 births
- Living people
- Austrian lugers
- Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Olympic lugers of Austria
- Olympic gold medalists for Austria
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Olympic medalists in luge
- Austrian luge biography stubs
- Austrian Winter Olympic medalist stubs
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