Manfred Schmid

Manfred Schmid (born 6 June 1944 in Liezen)[1] is an Austrian former luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble in 1968 with a gold in the men's singles event and a silver in the men's doubles event.

For those of a similar name, see Manfred Schmidt (disambiguation).
Manfred Schmid
Medal record
Men's Luge
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
1968 GrenobleMen's singles
1968 GrenobleMen's doubles
World Championships
1969 KönigsseeMen's doubles
1970 KönigsseeMen's doubles
1967 HammarstrandMen's doubles
1969 KönigsseeMen's singles
1971 OlangMen's doubles
1975 HammarstrandMen's singles
1978 ImstMen's singles
European Championships
1971 ImstMen's doubles
1974 ImstMen's singles
1970 HammarstrandMen's doubles
1971 ImstMen's singles
1973 KönigsseeMen's singles

Schmid also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two gold (doubles: 1969, 1970), four silvers (singles: 1969, 1975; doubles: 1967, 1971), and one bronze (singles: 1978). He won five medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with two silvers (Men's singles: 1974, Men's doubles: 1971) and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1971, 1973; Men's doubles: 1970).

Schmid finished third in the overall Luge World Cup men's singles championship in 1977-8.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Schmid". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.


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