Reinhold Sulzbacher

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Reinhold Sulzbacher (born 29 July 1944 in Liezen) was an Austrian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1982 FIL European Luge Championships in Winterberg, West Germany.{{cite web|title=List of European luge champions|url=http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html|website=Eiskanal|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325014953/http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html|archivedate=2008-03-25|accessdate=2015-02-08|url-status=dead|language=de}}

Sulzbacher also won the men's doubles overall Luge World Cup title three times (1979–80, 1980–1, 1981-2).

Competing in two Winter Olympics, Sulzbacher earned his best finish of fifth in the men's doubles event at Innsbruck in 1976.

References

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  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1976w/Luge_Men_Doubles.html 1976 Winter Olympic men's doubles results].
  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1980w/Luge_Men_Doubles.html 1980 Winter Olympic men's doubles results].
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080206094147/http://sports123.com/lug/mwc-d.html List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084805/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/reinhold-sulzbacher-1.html Profile on sports-reference.com]

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Category:1944 births

Category:Living people

Category:Austrian male lugers

Category:Olympic lugers for Austria

Category:Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Category:Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Category:People from Liezen District

Category:Sportspeople from Styria

Category:20th-century Austrian sportsmen

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