Ludwig Leitner
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's alpine skiing | ||
Representing West Germany | ||
World Championships | ||
1964 Innsbruck | Combined | |
1962 Chamonix | Combined | |
1966 Portillo | Combined |
Ludwig Leitner (February 24, 1940 – March 21, 2013) was a German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria.
Leitner became a world champion in the combined event in Innsbruck in 1964.[1] He earned world championship bronze medals in the combined event 1962 and 1966.
Leitner competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where he finished 4th in slalom. At the 1964 Winter Olympics, he finished 5th in the slalom and 5th in the downhill.
References
[edit]- ^ Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today – FIS-ski.com – (Retrieved on 15 November 2008)
External links
[edit]- Ludwig Leitner at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Ludwig Leitner at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Ludwig Leitner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ludwig Leitner's obituary (in German)
Categories:
- 1940 births
- 2013 deaths
- German male alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers for West Germany
- Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers for the United Team of Germany
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- German alpine skiing biography stubs