Klaus Bonsack

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Klaus Bonsack

Bonsack in 1969
Medal record
Men's Luge
Competitor for  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1968 Grenoble Men's doubles
Silver 1964 Innsbruck Men's singles
Bronze 1968 Grenoble Men's singles
Bronze 1972 Sapporo Men's doubles
World Championships
Gold 1967 Hammarstrand Men's doubles
Silver 1965 Davos Men's doubles
Silver 1967 Hammarstrand Men's singles
Bronze 1963 Imst Men's singles
Bronze 1969 Königssee Men's doubles

Klaus Bonsack (sometimes shown as Klaus-Michael Bonsack, born 26 December 1941) is an East German former luger who competed during the 1960s and early 1970s.

He was born in Waltershausen, Thuringia.

He won four Winter Olympic medal in men's luge with one gold (doubles: 1968), one silver (singles: 1964), and two bronzes (singles: 1968, doubles: 1972).

Bonsack also won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (doubles: 1967), two silvers (doubles: 1965, singles: 1967), and two bronzes (singles: 1963, doubles: 1969).

Bonsack later served as chairman of the track construction commission, approving the final homologation of Cesana Pariol prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics for luge to compete at the track. He was among the first three inductees in the International Luge Federation (FIL) Hall of Fame in 2004, along with Paul Hildgartner and Margit Schumann.

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