Erich Graber was an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 luge

Luge

A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...

r who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. A natural track luger, he won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1979. These championships are shown for natural tracks...

 (Gold: 1980

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1980

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1980 took place in Passeier, Italy.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, Bronze: 1979

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1979

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

).

Graber also was successful in the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation , have taken place since 1970. A team event was added for the 2010 championships...

 with nine medals, including five golds (Singles: 1974

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1974

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1974 took place in Niedernsill, Austria.-Men's singles:Graber becomes the first non-Austrian to win the men's singles event at the natural track European Championships.-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:...

, 1975

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1975

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1975 took place in Feld am See, Austria.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:Niederscheider won her third gold in the last four natural track European championships and fourth in the past five....

, 1977

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1977

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1977 took place in Siusi allo Sciliar, Italy.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:Mitterstieler becomes the first non-Austrian to win this event at the natural track European championships.-Men's doubles:...

; Doubles: 1977, 1981

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1981

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1981 took place in Niedernsill, Austria. This was the second time the city has hosted the championships after having done so in 1974.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:...

), three silvers (Singles: 1975, Doubles: 1970

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1970

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1970 took place in Kapfenberg, Austria.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 1974), and one bronze (Doubles: 1979

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1979

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

).

Graber also won a bronze in the men's singles event at the 1965 FIL World Luge Championships

FIL World Luge Championships 1965

The FIL World Luge Championships 1965 took place in Davos, Switzerland. This is the second time the city has hosted the event, having done so in 1957.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:...

 in Davos

Davos

Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 (Note: The first natural track championships in Europe

Europe

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 did not occur until 1970 while the first natural track world championships did not occur until 1979. The first permanent artificially refrigerated bobsleigh

Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....

, luge, or skeleton

Skeleton (sport)

Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...

track was not constructed until 1969.).