- Manfred Stengl
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Medal record Luge Olympic Games Gold 1964 Innsbruck Men's doubles European Championships Silver 1962 Weissenbach Men's doubles Bobsleigh World Championships Bronze 1975 Cervinia Four-man Manfred Stengl (April 1, 1946 – June 6, 1992) was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid 1960s to 1971.
He was born in Salzburg and died in Douglas, Isle Of Man.
He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Stengl also won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge Championships in Weissenbach, Austria.
In the 1970s, Stengl turned his attention to bobsleigh, winning a bronze in the four-man event at the 1975 FIBT World Championships in Cervinia, Italy.
Stengl was also active in motorcycle racing, participating in many events from the late 1960s until his 1992 death. He died during the 1992 Isle of Man TT while competing in the Senior TT category.
References
- Austrian Olympic Committee information on Stengl and Feistmantl (German)
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge
- Hickoksports.com results on luge and skelton.
- IOM TT profile
- List of European luge champions (German)
1964: Austria (Josef Feistmantl & Manfred Stengl) * 1968: East Germany (Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler) * 1972: (tie) East Germany (Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow) and Italy (Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner) * 1976: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1980: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1984: West Germany (Hans Stangassinger & Franz Wembacher) * 1988: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch) * 1992: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 1994: Italy (Kurt Brugger & Wilfried Huber) * 1998: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 2002: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2006: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger) * 2010: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)Categories:- 1939 births
- 1992 deaths
- Austrian bobsledders
- Austrian lugers
- Olympic lugers of Austria
- Olympic gold medalists for Austria
- Austrian motorcycle racers
- Isle of Man TT Riders
- Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Motorcycle racers killed while racing
- Sport deaths in the Isle of Man
- Olympic medalists in luge
- Austrian luge biography stubs
- Austrian bobsleigh biography stubs
- Motorcycle racing biography stubs
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