Hans Stangassinger

Hans Stangassinger (born 5 January 1960 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) was a West German luger who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

Stangassinger also won two bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1981, 1983). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he also won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1984 and a bronze in 1982.

Stangassinger's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in men's doubles in 1982-3.

References

DatabaseOlympics.com information on Stangassinger at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-30)
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 Wayback Machine (archived 2007-06-30)
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)
List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)

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