Josef Fendt

Josef Fendt (born October 6, 1947) was a West German-German luger who competed from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's singles event at Innsbruck in 1976.

Fenst also won two gold medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning them in 1970 and 1974. Additionally, he won a silver medal in the men's singles event at the 1973 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany.

After his retirement from competitive luge, Fendt got active in the International Luge Federation (FIL), being named Vice-President Sport for Artificial Track in 1985, a position he stayed at until the death of FIL's first president Bert Isatitsch in February 1994. Fendt was appointed acting president of the FIL as a result, then elected full president in June of that year. He is still FIL president as of 2007.

Fendt's sister, Andrea, won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1978 FIL World Luge Championships in Imst, Austria.

On Fendt's 61st birthday in Munich, he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz "Verdienstkreuz am Bande" (Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) for his contributions toward society, mainly in luge.

References

* [http://www-11.fil-luge.org/Portals/0/extern/FIL/josef_en.htm FIL-Luge profile on Fendt.]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/great-honor-for-fil-president-josef-fendt.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=41597eb220 FIL-Luge October 7, 2008 article on Fendt's Cross of the Order of Merit in the Federal Republic of Germany.] - accessed October 7, 2008.
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olluge.shtml Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.]
* [http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html List of European luge champions] de icon
* [http://www.fuzilogik.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=279&Itemid=105 Winter Olympic results - men's luge: 1964-2006]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/josef-fendt-1.html Sport-reference.com profile]