Wolfgang Staudinger (born 8 September 1963 in Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the German Bavarian Alps. It is located in the south district of Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, near the border with Austria, some 30 km south of Salzburg and 180 km southeast of Munich...

, Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

) is a West German

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 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 1978 to 1989. Together with Thomas Schwab

Thomas Schwab

Thomas Schwab is a West German luger who competed in the late 1980s. Together with Wolfgang Staudinger he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, representing West Germany.Schwab also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1987 FIL...

 he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics

1988 Winter Olympics

The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...

 in Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

.

Staudinger also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1987 FIL World Luge Championships

FIL World Luge Championships 1987

The FIL World Luge Championships 1987 took place in Igls, Austria for the second time, having done so previously in 1977.-Men's singles:Prock wins Austria's first medal at the world championships since 1978.-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:...

 in Igls, Austria

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...

. He also won two gold medals at the 1988 FIL European Luge Championships

FIL European Luge Championships 1988

The FIL European Luge Championships 1988 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fifth time after hosting the event previously in 1967, 1972, 1973, and 1977...

 in Königssee

Schönau am Königsee

Schönau am Königsee is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in the German state of Bavaria. It is located at the northern end of the Königssee lake....

, West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 (Men's doubles and mixed team). Staudinger won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1986-7.

After retiring from luge, Staudinger became a coach in the sport for such lugers as Robert Fegg

Robert Fegg

Robert Fegg is a German luger who competed from 1997 to 2001. He won a silver medal in the mixed team event at the 1999 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee, Germany., Fegg is a coach on the Canadian national luge team....

 and Steffen Skel

Steffen Skel

Steffen Skel is a German luger who competed from 1992 to 2004. He won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold , three silvers , and one bronze .Skel also won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with three golds...

. In June 2007, he was named head coach of the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 luge team. Staudinger is married to Marie-Claude Doyon

Marie-Claude Doyon

Marie-Claude Doyon is a Canadian luger who competed in the late 1980s. She finished seventh in the women's singles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....

, who finished seventh in the women's singles event at the 1988 games in Calgary.

Wolfgang also has a daughter named Rebecca.