Dettlef Günther

Dettlef Günther
Medal record
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Günther at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Men's Luge
Competitor for  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1976 Innsbruck Men's singles
World Championships
Gold 1979 Königssee Men's singles
European Championships
Gold 1975 Olang Men's singles
Silver 1979 Oberhof Men's singles

Dettlef Günther (sometimes shown as Detlef Günther, born 27 August 1954 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is an East German former luger who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Günther was favored to repeat after leading the first two runs, but crashed at the end of the third run causing him to lose three seconds and settling for fourth in the standings.

Günther also won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1979 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany. He also won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1975 and a silver in 1979.

References

v · Olympic champions in men's singles luge.
1964: Thomas Köhler (EUA) * 1968: Manfred Schmid (AUT) * 1972: Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR) * 1976: Dettlef Günther (GDR) * 1980: Bernhard Glass (GDR) * 1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) * 1988: Jens Müller (GDR) * 1992: Georg Hackl (GER) * 1994: Georg Hackl (GER) * 1998: Georg Hackl (GER) * 2002: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2006: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2010: Felix Loch (GER)
v · World champions in men's singles luge.

1955: Anton Salvesen (NOR) · 1957: Hans Schaller (FRG) · 1958: Jerzy Wojnar (POL) · 1959: Herbert Thaler (AUT) · 1960: Helmut Berndt (FRG) · 1961: Jerzy Wojnar (POL) · 1962: Thomas Köhler (GDR) · 1963: Fritz Nachmann (FRG) · 1965: Hans Plenk (FRG) · 1967: Thomas Köhler (GDR) · 1969: Josef Feistmantl (AUT) · 1970: Josef Fendt (FRG) · 1971: Karl Brunner (ITA) · 1973: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1974: Josef Fendt (FRG) · 1975: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) · 1977: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) · 1979: Dettlef Günther (GDR) · 1981: Sergey Danilin (URS) · 1983: Miroslav Zajonc (CAN) · 1985: Michael Walter (GDR) · 1987: Markus Prock · 1989: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1990: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1991: Arnold Huber (ITA) · 1993: Wendel Suckow (USA) · 1995: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 1996: Markus Prock (AUT) · 1997: Georg Hackl (GER) · 1999: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2000: Jens Müller (GER) · 2001: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2003: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2004: David Möller (GER) · 2005: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2007: David Möller (GER) · 2008: Felix Loch (GER) · 2009: Felix Loch (GER) · 2011: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) ·
v · European champions in men's singles luge.

1914: Rudolf Kauschka (AUT) · 1928: Fritz Preissler (TCH) · 1929: Fritz Preissler (TCH) · 1934: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1935: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1937: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1938: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1939: Fritz Preissler (TCH) · 1951: Paul Aste (AUT) · 1952: Rudolf Maschke (FRG) · 1953: Paul Aste (AUT) · 1954: Fritz Kienzl (AUT) · 1955: Paul Aste (AUT) · 1956: Josef Isser (AUT) · 1962: Josef Lenz (FRG) · 1967: Leonhard Nagenrauft (FRG) · 1970: Harald Ehrig (GDR) · 1971: Horst Hörnlein (GDR) · 1972: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) · 1973: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1974: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1975: Dettlef Günther (GDR) · 1976: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) · 1977: Anton Winkler (FRG) · 1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) · 1979: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1980: Karl Brunner (ITA) · 1982: Uwe Hendrich (GDR) · 1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) · 1986: Sergey Danilin (URS) · 1988: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1990: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1992: René Friedl (GER) · 1994: Markus Prock (AUT) · 1996: Jens Müller (GER) · 1998: Markus Prock (AUT) · 2000: Jens Müller (GER) · 2002: Markus Prock (AUT) · 2004: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2006: Albert Demtschenko (RUS) · 2008: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2010: Albert Demtschenko (RUS)



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