- Jerzy Wojnar
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Medal record Luge World Championships Gold 1958 Krynica Men's singles Gold 1961 Girenbad Men's singles Silver 1962 Krynica Men's singles Jerzy Wojnar (October 7, 1930 in Lwów – February 2, 2005 in Warszawa) was a Polish pilot and luger who competed from the mid 1950s to the late 1960s. He won the three medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (1958, 1961) and one silver (1962).
Wojnar competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of eighth in the men's singles event at Grenoble in 1968.
References
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- Wallechinsky, David. (1984). "Luge - Men's singles". The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 575.
1955: Anton Salvesen (NOR) · 1957: Hans Schaller (FRG) · 1958: Jerzy Wojnar (POL) · 1959: Herbert Thaler (AUT) · 1960: Helmut Berndt (FRG) · 1961: Jerzy Wojnar (POL) · 1962: Thomas Köhler (GDR) · 1963: Fritz Nachmann (FRG) · 1965: Hans Plenk (FRG) · 1967: Thomas Köhler (GDR) · 1969: Josef Feistmantl (AUT) · 1970: Josef Fendt (FRG) · 1971: Karl Brunner (ITA) · 1973: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1974: Josef Fendt (FRG) · 1975: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) · 1977: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) · 1979: Dettlef Günther (GDR) · 1981: Sergey Danilin (URS) · 1983: Miroslav Zajonc (CAN) · 1985: Michael Walter (GDR) · 1987: Markus Prock · 1989: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1990: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1991: Arnold Huber (ITA) · 1993: Wendel Suckow (USA) · 1995: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 1996: Markus Prock (AUT) · 1997: Georg Hackl (GER) · 1999: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2000: Jens Müller (GER) · 2001: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2003: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2004: David Möller (GER) · 2005: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2007: David Möller (GER) · 2008: Felix Loch (GER) · 2009: Felix Loch (GER) · 2011: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) ·
Categories:- 1930 births
- 2005 deaths
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- Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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