Ernst Haspinger
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Luge | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1981 Hammarstrand | Men's singles | |
| European Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1980 Olang | Men's singles | |
| Bronze | 1982 Winterberg | Men's singles | |
| Bronze | 1984 Olang | Men's singles | |
Ernst Haspinger was an Italian luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1981 FIL World Luge Championships in Hammarstrand, Sweden.
Haspinger also won three bronze medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1980, 1982, 1984).
Haspinger competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the men's doubles event at Innsbruck in 1976.
He won the overall Luge World Cup title in men's singles three times (1979-80, 1980-1 (tied with fellow Italian Paul Hildgartner), 1981-2).
[edit] References
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (German)
- List of men's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Men's Singles Luge" and "Men's Two-seater Luge". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 576.
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