Franz Schachner

Franz Schachner (born 20 July 1950) is an Austrian former competitive luger who competed during the mid-1970s. Teamed with Rudolf Schmid together they won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1976 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck.^[1]

Schachner also won two bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1974, 1975). He also won a silver at the 1970 FIL European Luge Championships in Hammarstrand, Sweden.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franz Schachner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

DatabaseOlympics.com information on Schachner at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-29)
Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)
Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-25) (in German)

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