Gerhard Gleirscher
Gerhard Gleirscher 
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| birthday | 14th December 1969 (age 50) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Innsbruck , Austria | ||||||||
| size | 184 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg | ||||||||
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| discipline | Single seater, double seater | ||||||||
| society | Sports club Telfes | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
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| last change: end of career | |||||||||
Gerhard Gleirscher (born December 14, 1969 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian luge athlete who competed in both single and double seats with Markus Schmidt . He started at the Winter Olympics in Albertville , 1994 in Lillehammer and 1998 in Nagano . During his active time he started for the Telfes sports club .
At the 1991 Luge World Championships in Winterberg he won the silver medal in the team competition and six years later at the Luge World Championships in Igls in 1997 he won the gold medal with the Austrian relay and the bronze medal in the individual competition. Together with Markus Schmidt, he qualified for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France . Together with Schmidt, he took seventh place in the two-seater.
In the Luge World Cup 1997/1998 he won the bronze medal behind Georg Hackl and Markus Prock .
family
Gleirscher's son David won a gold medal in the individual luge competition at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, and son Nico Gleirscher also competes in international luge competitions.
Web links
- Gerhard Gleirscher in the database of the International Luge Federation
- Gerhard Gleirscher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- olympic.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sigi Lützow: "Toboggan runner David Gleirscher speeds sensationally to gold". derStandard.at. STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 2018-02-11.
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| SURNAME | Gleirscher, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian luge rider |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Innsbruck , Austria |