Wolfgang Scheidel

Wolfgang Scheidel

Scheidel on a stamp of Ajman
Personal information
Born	1 March 1943 (1943-03) (age 81) Erfurt, Germany
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Luge
Club	ASK Vorwärts Oberhof
Medal record Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo Singles World championships 1965 Davos Doubles 1969 Königssee Singles 1970 Königssee Singles European Championships 1970 Hammarstrand Singles 1971 Imst Singles

Scheidel on a stamp of Umm al-Quwain

Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1 March 1943) is an East German former luger who won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold in the men's doubles (1965) and two bronzes in the men's singles (1969, 1970). He won a pair of silver medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1970, 1971).

After retiring from competitions Scheidel trained young lugers at ASK Oberhof until 1977, and after that worked as a sports instructor in a recreation home of the National People's Army. After the German reunification he ran an oxygen station in his home town of Ilmenau.

External links

• DatabaseOlympics.com information on Scheidel
• 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)