Anton Winkler

Anton Winkler
Medal record
Men's Luge
Competitor for  West Germany
Olympic Games
1980 Lake Placid Men's singles
World Championships
1978 Imst Men's singles
1977 Igls Men's singles
1979 Königssee Men's doubles
World Cup Championships
1977-78 Men's singles
European Championships
1977 Königssee Men's singles

Anton Winkler (born 23 February 1954 in Bischofswiesen, Bavaria) is a West German former luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Winkler also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver (singles: 1978) and two bronzes (singles: 1977, doubles: 1979). Additionally, he won a gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1977 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany. Winkler was the first men's singles Luge World Cup overall champion in 1977-78.

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