Thomas Köhler
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| Nationality |  German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1940 Oberwiesenthal, Saxony, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport |  Luge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Köhler (born 25 June 1940) is an East German former luger who competed during the 1960s.
He won three Winter Olympic medals in men's luge with two golds (Singles: 1964, Doubles: 1968) and one silver (Singles: 1968).
Köhler won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds (singles: 1962, 1967; doubles: 1967) and one silver (doubles: 1965).
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Köhler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- Encyclopædia Britannica online article on Köhler
- Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge[usurped]
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
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