Paul Hildgartner (born 8 June 1952 in Chienes) is an Italian former luger who competed from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned two gold medals (Men's doubles: 1972, Men's singles: 1984) and one silver medal (Men's singles: 1980) for his efforts. Hildgartner was the flag bearer for Italy in the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.[1]
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PaulHildgartner (born 8 June 1952 in Chienes) is an Italian former luger who competed from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in five Winter...
men's event, but they both lost time in the third round. The Italian PaulHildgartner, silver medalist in 1980, set the best time of the last two races and...
sport. Luge (slittino in Italian) is followed from its history, with PaulHildgartner and Gerda Weissensteiner to the recent dominance of Armin Zöggeler...
East German (Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow) and an Italian pair (PaulHildgartner and Walter Plaikner), who finished with exactly the same time. To prevent...
singles, and placing two teams in the top three of the doubles event. PaulHildgartner and Walter Plaikner of Italy were the only non-East German athletes...
racing driver currently competing for Alfa Romeo Racing in Formula One PaulHildgartner (born 1952), luger Josefa Idem (born 1964), one of sprint canoeing's...
Medal Athlete Time Gold Italy (PaulHildgartner, Walter Plaikner) Silver East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn) Bronze Poland (Roman Hurej, Józef Pietrończyk)...
Medal Athlete Time Gold Italy (PaulHildgartner, Walter Plaikner) Silver Austria (Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch) Bronze East Germany (Horst Hömlein, Reinhard...
the body during the maneuvering of the sled through the turn. 17. PaulHildgartner Formerly "Senza Nome" ("Without Name" in (in Italian)). Named for luger...
men's singles three times (1979–80, 1980-1 (tied with fellow Italian PaulHildgartner), 1981-2). Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon,...
International Luge Federation (FIL) Hall of Fame in 2004, along with PaulHildgartner and Margit Schumann. Bonsack later emigrated to Austria where he became...
Gold Silver Bronze Men's singles details Bernhard Glass East Germany PaulHildgartner Italy Anton Winkler West Germany Doubles details East Germany (GDR)...
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