Bernd Hahn
Appearance
Hahn in 1972 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Luge | ||
World Championships | ||
1974 Königssee | Men's doubles | |
1981 Hammarstrand | Men's doubles | |
European Championships | ||
1973 Königssee | Men's doubles | |
1978 Hammarstrand | Men's doubles | |
1980 Olang | Men's doubles | |
1975 Olang | Men's doubles |
Bernd Hahn (born 16 November 1954 in Elbingerode) is an East German luger who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two gold medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1974, 1981).
Hahn also won four medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with three silvers (1973, 1978, 1980) and one bronze (1975)
Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the men's doubles event at Lake Placid, New York in 1980.
After retiring from luge, Hahn worked as a luge coach for Canada, France, and (since 2006) Russia
References
- 2002 information on Hahn as a coach.
- 2006 information on Hahn leaving the French luge team for Russia. (in French)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (in German)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernd Hahn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Men's Two-seater". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 576.
External links
- Media related to Bernd Hahn at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1954 births
- German male lugers
- Living people
- Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic lugers for East Germany
- East German male lugers
- People from Harz (district)
- 20th-century German people
- Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt
- People from Bezirk Magdeburg
- German luge biography stubs