Gerhard Plankensteiner

Gerhard Plankensteiner

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

References

• FIL-Luge profile
• 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 (German)
• List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.