Gerhard Sandbichler
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Gerhard Sandbichler was an Austria
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r who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He is best known for his third place overall Luge World Cup finish in men's singles in 1984-5.
Competing in three Winter Olympics, Sandbichler earned his best finish of fifth in the men's singles event at Lake Placid
in 1980
.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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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 late 1970s to the late 1980s. He is best known for his third place overall Luge World Cup finish in men's singles in 1984-5.
Competing in three Winter Olympics, Sandbichler earned his best finish of fifth in the men's singles event at Lake Placid
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
in 1980
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
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