Manfred Schmid
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Luge | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1968 Grenoble | Men's singles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1968 Grenoble | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1969 Königssee | Men's doubles |
| Gold medal – first place | 1970 Königssee | Men's doubles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1967 Hammarstrand | Men's doubles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1969 Königssee | Men's singles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1971 Olang | Men's doubles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1975 Hammarstrand | Men's singles |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1978 Imst | Men's singles |
| European Championships | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 1971 Imst | Men's doubles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1974 Imst | Men's singles |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1970 Hammarstrand | Men's doubles |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1971 Imst | Men's singles |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1973 Königssee | Men's singles |
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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
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- Austrian Olympic museum biography (in German)
- 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 (in German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
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Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Austrian male lugers
- Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Olympic lugers for Austria
- Olympic gold medalists for Austria
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Olympic medalists in luge
- Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- People from Liezen District
- Sportspeople from Styria
- 20th-century Austrian sportsmen
- Austrian luge biography stubs
- Austrian Winter Olympic medalist stubs