Karl Brunner (luge)

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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Silver 1980 Lake Placid Men's doubles
World Championships
Gold 1971 Olang Men's singles
Silver 1977 Igls Men's doubles
Silver 1979 Königssee Men's singles
European Championships
Gold 1980 Olang Men's singles
Gold 1984 Olang Men's doubles
Bronze 1977 Königssee Men's singles
Bronze 1979 Oberhof Men's doubles

Karl Brunner (born May 19, 1951) was an Italian luger who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Brunner also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two medals in men's singles (gold: 1971, silver: 1979) and one in men's doubles (silver: 1977). He also won four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four gold (Men's singles: 1980, Men's doubles: 1984) and two bronzes (Men's singles: 1977, Men's doubles: 1979).

Brunner also won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title three times (1977-8, 1978-9, 1982-3) and had his best overall men's single World Cup finish of second in 1979-80.

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World champions in men's singles luge.
1955: Anton Salvesen * 1957: Hans Schaller * 1958: Jerzy Wojnar * 1959: Herbert Thaler * 1960: Helmut Berndt * 1961: Jerzy Wojnar * 1962: Thomas Köhler * 1963: Fritz Nachmann * 1965: Hans Plenk * 1967: Thomas Köhler * 1969: Josef Feistmantl * 1970: Josef Fendt * 1971: Karl Brunner * 1973: Hans Rinn * 1974: Josef Fendt * 1975: Wolfram Fiedler * 1977: Hans Rinn * 1978: Paul Hildgartner * 1979: Dettlef Günther * 1981: Sergey Danilin * 1983: Miroslav Zajonc * 1985: Michael Walter * 1987: Markus Prock * 1989: Georg Hackl * 1990: Georg Hackl * 1991: Arnold Huber * 1993: Wendel Suckow * 1995: Armin Zöggeler * 1996: Markus Prock * 1997: Georg Hackl * 1999: Armin Zöggeler * 2000: Jens Müller * 2001: Armin Zöggeler * 2003: Armin Zöggeler * 2004: David Möller * 2005: Armin Zöggeler * 2007: David Möller * 2008: Felix Loch
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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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European champions in men's doubles luge.
1914: Austria - Erwin Posselt & Karl Löbelt * 1928: Germany - Herbert Elger & Wilhelm Adolf * 1929: Germany - Richard Feist & Walter Feist * 1934: Germany - Walter Feist & Walter Kluge * 1935: Germany - Walter Feist & Walter Kluge * 1937: Germany - Martin Tietze & Kurt Weidner * 1938: Germany - Walter Feist & Walter Kluge * 1939: Germany - Walter Feist & Walter Kluge * 1951: Austria - Hans Krausner & Rudolf Peyfuss * 1952: Austria - Paul Aste & Heinrich Isser * 1953: Austria - Hans Krausner & Wilhelm Lache * 1954: Austria - Josef Isser & Heinrich Isser * 1955: Austria - Paul Aste & Paul Isser * 1956: Austria - Wilhelm Leimgruber & Josef Unterfrauner * 1962: Austria - Anton Venier & Ewald Walch * 1967: Austria - Josef Feistmantl & Wilhelm Bichl * 1970: East Germany - Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow * 1971: Italy - Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner * 1972: East Germany - Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow * 1973: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1974: Italy - Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner * 1975: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1976: East Germany - Bernd Dreyer & Roland Herdmann * 1977: West Germany - Hans Brandner & Balthasar Schwarm * 1978: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1979: East Germany - Bernd Oberhoffner & Jörg-Dieter Ludwig * 1980: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1982: Austria - Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher * 1984: Italy - Helmut Brunner & Karl Brunner * 1986: Soviet Union - Yevgeny Belousov & Aleksandr Belyakov * 1988: West Germany - Thomas Schwab & Wolfgang Staudinger * 1990: East Germany - Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch * 1992: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1994: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1996: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1998: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 2000: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2002: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2004: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2006: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2008: Italy - Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber
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World Cup champions in men's doubles luge
1977-8: Italy - Peter Gschnitzer & Karl Brunner * 1978-9: Italy - Peter Gschnitzer & Karl Brunner * 1979-80: Austria - Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher * 1980-1: Austria - Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher * 1981-2: Austria - Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher * 1982-3: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Karl Brunner * 1983-4: East Germany - Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch * 1984-5: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1985-6: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1986-7: West Germany - Thomas Schwab & Wolfgang Staudinger * 1987-8: Soviet Union - Yevgeny Belousov & Aleksandr Belyakov * 1988-9: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1989-90: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1990-1: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1991-2: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1992-3: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1993-4: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1994-5: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1995-6: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1996-7: United States - Chris Thorpe & Gordy Sheer * 1997-8: United States - Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin * 1998-9: United States - Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin * 1999-2000: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2000-1: Germany - Steffen Skel & Steffen Wöller * 2001-2: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2002-3: United States - Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin * 2003-4: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2004-5: Italy - Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber * 2005-6: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2006-7: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2007-8: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch
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