Horst Urban (luge rider)
Horst Urban 
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 Czechoslovakia
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| birthday | May 15, 1936 |
| place of birth | Jablonec nad Nisou , Czechoslovakia |
| date of death | March 2, 2010 |
| Place of death | Smržovka , Czech Republic |
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Horst Urban (born May 15, 1936 in Gablonz ; † March 2, 2010 in Smržovka ) was a Czech luge athlete .
Career
Urban mainly started with his brother Roland Urban in the two-seater of the luge, but also started in the single-seater. At the 1964 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck he competed in both disciplines, reaching single-seater and the doubles rank 12th in the Luge World Championships in 1965 launched Urban in single-seaters, finishing just behind the medals in fourth place. At his second Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble in 1968 , he reached 25th place in the singles, before he took 12th place again with his brother in the doubles.
After his active career, Urban became involved in tobogganing in Smržovka , where he campaigned for the construction of a new toboggan run in the 1970s. His son Petr Urban also started as a luge athlete at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992.
Web links
- Horst Urban in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tobogganing in Smržovka. In: jablonec.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
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| SURNAME | Urban, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech luge rider |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jablonec nad Nisou , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 2010 |
| Place of death | Smržovka , Czech Republic |