Thomas Köhler

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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Gold 1964 Innsbruck Men's singles
Gold 1968 Grenoble Men's doubles
Silver 1968 Grenoble Men's singles
World Championships
Gold 1962 Krynica Men's singles
Gold 1965 Davos Men's doubles
Gold 1967 Hammarstrand Men's singles
Gold 1967 Hammarstrand Men's doubles
Silver 1965 Davos Men's doubles

Thomas Köhler (born June 25, 1940) was an East German 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 four golds (singles: 1962, 1967; doubles: 1965, 1967) and one silver (doubles: 1965).

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Olympic champions in men's singles luge.
1964: Thomas Köhler * 1968: Manfred Schmid * 1972: Wolfgang Scheidel * 1976: Dettlef Günther * 1980: Bernhard Glass * 1984: Paul Hildgartner * 1988: Jens Müller * 1992: Georg Hackl * 1994: Georg Hackl * 1998: Georg Hackl * 2002: Armin Zöggeler * 2006: Armin Zöggeler
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Olympic champions in men's doubles luge.
1964: Austria - Josef Feistmantl & Manfred Stengl * 1968: East Germany - Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler * 1972: East Germany - Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow and Italy - Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner * 1976: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1980: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1984: West Germany - Hans Stangassinger & Franz Wembacher * 1988: East Germany - Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch * 1992: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1994: Italy - Kurt Brugger & Wilfried Huber * 1998: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 2002: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2006: Austria - Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger
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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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World champions in men's doubles luge.
1955: Austria - Hans Krausner & Josef Thaler * 1957: West Germany - Fritz Nachmann & Josef Strillinger * 1958: West Germany - Fritz Nachmann & Josef Strillinger * 1959: cancelled * 1960: Austria - Reinhold Frosch & Ewald Walch * 1961: Italy - Roman Pichler & Raimondo Prinroth * 1962: Italy - Giovanni Graber & Gianpaolo Ambrosi * 1963: Poland - Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz & Lucjan Kudzia * 1965: East Germany - Wolfgang Scheidel & Thomas Köhler * 1967: East Germany - Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler * 1969: Austria - Manfred Schmid & Ewald Walch * 1970: Austria - Manfred Schmid & Ewald Walch * 1971: Italy - Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner * 1973: East Germany - Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow * 1974: East Germany - Bernd Hahn & Ulrich Hahn * 1975: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1977: East Germany - Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn * 1978: Soviet Union - Dainis Bremse & Algars Kirkis * 1979: West Germany - Hans Brandner & Balthasar Schwarm * 1981: East Germany - Bernd Hahn & Ulrich Hahn * 1983: East Germany - Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch * 1985: East Germany - Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch * 1987: East Germany - Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch * 1989: East Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1990: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber * 1991: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1993: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1995: Germany - Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt * 1996: Austria - Tobias Schiegl & Markus Schiegl * 1997: Austria - Tobias Schiegl & Markus Schiegl * 1999: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2000: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2001: Germany - André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich * 2003: Austria - Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger * 2004: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2005: Germany - André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich * 2007: Germany - Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2008: Germany - André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich
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