Gerhard Plankensteiner

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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Bronze	2006 Turin	Men's doubles
World Championships
Gold	1989 Winterberg	Mixed team
Bronze	1991 Winterberg	Mixed team
Bronze	1993 Calgary	Mixed team
Bronze	1996 Altenberg	Men's doubles
Bronze	1996 Altenberg	Mixed team
Bronze	1997 Igls	Mixed team
European Championships
Silver	1996 Sigulda	Men's doubles
Bronze	2000 Winterberg	Mixed team
Bronze	2002 Altenberg	Men's doubles
Bronze	2008 Cesana	Men's doubles
Bronze	2008 Cesana	Mixed team

Gerhard Plankensteiner (born April 8, 1971 in Sterzing-Vipiteno) is an Italian luger who has been competing since 1986. Together with Oswald Haselrieder he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Plankensteiner also won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Mixed team: 1989) and five bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996, Mixed team: 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he won five medals with one silver (Men's doubles: 1996) and four bronzes (Men's doubles: 2002, 2008 (tied with Germany); Mixed team: 2000, 2008).

Plankensteiner's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in men's doubles in 1996-7.

[edit] References

FIL-Luge profile
Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.
Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
List of European luge champions (German)
List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
Torino 2006 profile (deadlinked)
Winter Olympic results - men's luge: 1964-2006

v • d • e World champions in mixed team relay luge.

Six per team	1989: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber, & Norbert Huber * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, Thomas Jacob, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1991: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Susi Erdmann, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1993: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1995: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1996: Austria - Markus Prock, Markus Schmidt, Angelika Neuner, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 1997: Austria - Markus Prock, Gerhard Gleirscher, Andrea Tagwerker, Angelika Neuner, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl

Four per team	1999: Austria - Markus Prock, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2001: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2003: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2004: Germany - David Möller, Barbara Niedernhuber, Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2005: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, André Florschütz, & Torsten Wustlich * 2007: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch

Four per team as relay	2008: Germany - Felix Loch, Tatjana Hüfner, André Florschütz, & Torsten Wustlich