Thomas Köhler

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Thomas Köhler

Thomas Köhler (right, standing).

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

25 June 1940
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

↑ 1.0 1.1 sports-reference profile, accessed December 4, 2010

v t e Olympic champions in men's singles luge

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) 2014: Felix Loch (GER)

Olympic champions in men's doubles luge.

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)

World champions in men's singles luge

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)
2012: Felix Loch (GER)
2013: Felix Loch (GER)

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 & 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 Bremze & Aigars Kriķis)
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)
2012: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
2013: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)

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Persondata
Name	Kohler, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	Luger
Date of birth	25 June 1940
Place of birth	Oberwiesenthal, Saxony
Date of death
Place of death

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