Gerhard Plankensteiner

Gerhard Plankensteiner
Medal record
Men's Luge
Competitor for  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze 2006 Turin Men's doubles
World Championships
Gold 1989 Winterberg Mixed team
Gold 2009 Lake Placid Men's doubles
Bronze 1991 Winterberg Mixed team
Bronze 1993 Calgary Mixed team
Bronze 1996 Altenberg Men's doubles
Bronze 1996 Altenberg Mixed team
Bronze 1997 Igls Mixed team
World Cup Championships
Silver 1996-97 Men's doubles
Bronze 1997-98 Men's doubles
Bronze 2006–07 Men's doubles
European Championships
Silver 1996 Sigulda Men's doubles
Bronze 2000 Winterberg Mixed team
Bronze 2002 Altenberg Men's doubles
Bronze 2008 Cesana Men's doubles
Bronze 2008 Cesana Mixed team

Gerhard Plankensteiner (born 8 April 1971 in Sterzing, South Tyrol) is an Italian national of Austrian descent luger who competed from 1986 to 2010. Together with Oswald Haselrieder he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Plankensteiner also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Men's doubles: 2009, Mixed team: 1989) and five bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996, Mixed team: 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he won five medals with one silver (Men's doubles: 1996) and four bronzes (Men's doubles: 2002, 2008 (tied with Germany); Mixed team: 2000, 2008).

Plankensteiner's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in men's doubles in 1996-7.

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