Thomas Köhler
East German luger
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| Nationality |  German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1940-06-25) 25 June 1940 (age 83) Oberwiesenthal, Saxony, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport |  Luge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Köhler (born 25 June 1940) is an East German former luger who competed during the 1960s.
He won three Winter Olympic medals in men's luge with two golds (Singles: 1964, Doubles: 1968) and one silver (Singles: 1968).
Köhler won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds (singles: 1962, 1967; doubles: 1967) and one silver (doubles: 1965).
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Köhler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- Encyclopædia Britannica online article on Köhler
- Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
External links
- Thomas Köhler at Olympedia
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- 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)
- 2014: Felix Loch (GER)
- 2018: David Gleirscher (AUT)
- 2022: Johannes Ludwig (GER)
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