Manfred Schmid (born 6 June 1944) is an Austria

Austria

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n former 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 late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble

Grenoble

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 in 1968

1968 Winter Olympics

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 with a gold in the men's singles event and a silver in the men's doubles event.

Schmid also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two gold (doubles: 1969

FIL World Luge Championships 1969

The FIL World Luge Championships 1969 took place in Königssee, West Germany. It marked the first time the event took place on a permanent, artificially refrigerated track in bobsleigh, luge, and/ or skeleton.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:...

, 1970

FIL World Luge Championships 1970

The FIL World Luge Championships 1970 took place in Königssee, West Germany. It is the only time that the championships have been held in the same location in consecutive years.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:...

), four silvers (singles: 1969, 1975

FIL World Luge Championships 1975

The FIL World Luge Championships 1975 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for a second time after previously hosting the championships in 1967.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

; doubles: 1967

FIL World Luge Championships 1967

The FIL World Luge Championships 1967 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden. This event was held following the cancellation of the previous year's championships in Friedrichroda, East Germany, which was the last cancellation in the history of the world championships.-Men's singles:-Women's...

, 1971

FIL World Luge Championships 1971

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

), and one bronze (singles: 1978

FIL World Luge Championships 1978

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

). He won five medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with two silvers (Men's singles: 1974

FIL European Luge Championships 1974

The FIL European Luge Championships 1974 took place in Imst, Austria for the third time after previously hosting the event in 1956 and 1971.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, Men's doubles: 1971

FIL European Luge Championships 1971

The FIL European Luge Championships 1971 took place in Imst, Austria for the second time after having previously hosted the championships in 1956. A record four countries won medals at these championships.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:...

) and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1971, 1973

FIL European Luge Championships 1973

The FIL European Luge Championships 1973 took place in Königssee, West Germany for the second consecutive year and third time overall .-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

; Men's doubles: 1970

FIL European Luge Championships 1970

The FIL European Luge Championships 1970 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden. This event was dominated by the rise of the East German team, who won six of the nine available medals at this championship...

).

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