Manfred Schmid Explained

Manfred Schmid (born 6 June 1944 in Liezen)^[1] is an Austrian former luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble in 1968 with a gold in the men's singles event and a silver in the men's doubles event.

Schmid also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two gold (doubles: 1969, 1970), four silvers (singles: 1969, 1975; doubles: 1967, 1971), and one bronze (singles: 1978). He won five medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with two silvers (Men's singles: 1974, Men's doubles: 1971) and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1971, 1973; Men's doubles: 1970).

Schmid finished third in the overall Luge World Cup men's singles championship in 1977–78.

References

• Austrian Olympic museum biography
• Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge
• Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
• List of European luge champions
• List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/manfred-schmid-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/manfred-schmid-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020.