Anton Winkler

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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Bronze 1980 Lake Placid Men's singles
World Championships
Silver 1978 Imst Men's singles
Bronze 1977 Igls Men's singles
Bronze 1979 Königssee Men's doubles
European Championships
Gold 1977 Königssee Men's singles

Anton Winkler (born February 23, 1954) was a West German luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Winkler also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver (singles: 1978) and two bronzes (singles: 1977, doubles: 1979). Additionally, he won a gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1977 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany. Winkler was the first men's singles Luge World Cup overall champion in 1977-78.

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European champions in men's singles luge.
1914: Rudolf Kauschka * 1928: Fritz Preissler * 1929: Fritz Preissler * 1934: Martin Tietze * 1935: Martin Tietze * 1937: Martin Tietze * 1938: Martin Tietze * 1939: Fritz Preissler * 1951: Paul Aste * 1952: Rudolf Maschke * 1953: Paul Aste * 1954: Fritz Kienzl * 1955: Paul Aste * 1956: Josef Isser * 1962: Josef Lenz * 1967: Leonhard Nagenrauft * 1970: Harald Ehrig * 1971: Horst Hörnlein * 1972: Wolfram Fiedler * 1973: Hans Rinn * 1974: Hans Rinn * 1975: Dettlef Günther * 1976: Wolfram Fiedler * 1977: Anton Winkler * 1978: Paul Hildgartner * 1979: Hans Rinn * 1980: Karl Brunner * 1982: Uwe Hendrich * 1984: Paul Hildgartner * 1986: Sergey Danilin * 1988: Georg Hackl * 1990: Georg Hackl * 1992: René Friedl * 1994: Markus Prock * 1996: Jens Müller * 1998: Markus Prock * 2000: Jens Müller * 2002: Markus Prock * 2004: Armin Zöggeler * 2006: Albert Demtschenko * 2008: Armin Zöggeler
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World Cup champions in men's singles luge
1977-8: Anton Winkler * 1978-9: Paul Hildgartner * 1979-80: Ernst Haspinger * 1980-1: (tie) Ernst Haspinger & Paul Hildgartner * 1981-2: Ernst Haspinger * 1982-3: Paul Hildgartner * 1983-4: Michael Walter * 1984-5: Norbert Huber * 1985-6: Norbert Huber * 1986-7: Norbert Huber * 1987-8: Markus Prock * 1988-9: Georg Hackl * 1989-90: Georg Hackl * 1990-1: Markus Prock * 1991-2: Markus Prock * 1992-3: Markus Prock * 1993-4: Markus Prock * 1994-5: Markus Prock * 1995-6: Markus Prock * 1996-7: Markus Prock * 1997-8: Armin Zöggeler * 1998-9: Markus Prock * 1999-2000: Armin Zöggeler * 2000-1: Armin Zöggeler * 2001-2: Markus Prock * 2002-3: Markus Kleinheinz * 2003-4: Armin Zöggeler * 2004-5: Albert Demtschenko * 2005-6: Armin Zöggeler * 2006-7: Armin Zöggeler * 2007-8: Armin Zöggeler
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