Thomas Köhler

Thomas Köhler

Thomas Köhler (right, standing).
Personal information
Nationality German
Born 25 June 1940 (1940-06-25) (age 71)
Oberwiesenthal, Saxony
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Luge
Club SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal
Retired 1969
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Competitor for  East Germany
Men´s 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
For the footballer, see Thomas Köhler (footballer)

Thomas Köhler (born 25 June 1940) is an East German former 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: 1967) and one silver (doubles: 1965).

References

  1. ^ a b sports-reference profile, accessed December 4, 2010
1964: Thomas Köhler (EUA) * 1968: Manfred Schmid (AUT) * 1972: Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR) * 1976: Dettlef Günther (GDR) * 1980: Bernhard Glass (GDR) * 1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) * 1988: Jens Müller (GDR) * 1992: Georg Hackl (GER) * 1994: Georg Hackl (GER) * 1998: Georg Hackl (GER) * 2002: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2006: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2010: Felix Loch (GER)
1964: Austria (Josef Feistmantl & Manfred Stengl) * 1968: East Germany (Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler) * 1972: (tie) 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) * 2010: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)

1955: Anton Salvesen (NOR) · 1957: Hans Schaller (FRG) · 1958: Jerzy Wojnar (POL) · 1959: Herbert Thaler (AUT) · 1960: Helmut Berndt (FRG) · 1961: Jerzy Wojnar (POL) · 1962: Thomas Köhler (GDR) · 1963: Fritz Nachmann (FRG) · 1965: Hans Plenk (FRG) · 1967: Thomas Köhler (GDR) · 1969: Josef Feistmantl (AUT) · 1970: Josef Fendt (FRG) · 1971: Karl Brunner (ITA) · 1973: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1974: Josef Fendt (FRG) · 1975: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) · 1977: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) · 1979: Dettlef Günther (GDR) · 1981: Sergey Danilin (URS) · 1983: Miroslav Zajonc (CAN) · 1985: Michael Walter (GDR) · 1987: Markus Prock · 1989: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1990: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1991: Arnold Huber (ITA) · 1993: Wendel Suckow (USA) · 1995: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 1996: Markus Prock (AUT) · 1997: Georg Hackl (GER) · 1999: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2000: Jens Müller (GER) · 2001: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2003: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2004: David Möller (GER) · 2005: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2007: David Möller (GER) · 2008: Felix Loch (GER) · 2009: Felix Loch (GER) · 2011: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) ·
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 & Enrico Prinot) * 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) * 2009: Italy (Gerhard Plankensteiner & Oswald Haselrieder) * 2011: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)