Jochen Pietzsch

The title winners of the GDR championship in luge 1984: Michael Walter , Bettina Schmidt , Jörg Hoffmann , Jochen Pietzsch

Jochen Pietzsch (born December 1, 1963 in Halle an der Saale ) is a former German luge rider .

The Thuringian, who starts for the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof , became Olympic champion in doubles together with Jörg Hoffmann at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary . In addition, the two celebrated numerous other successes such as the three-time success at world championships. Jochen Pietzsch works as a sports teacher at a Thuringian community school. He has a daughter with his wife Kerstin Moring .

In 1988 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold for his Olympic victory.

successes

• 1983 World Championships : 1st place
• 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo : 3rd place
• 1985 World Championships : 1st place
• 1986 European Championships : 2nd place
• 1987 World Championships : 1st place
• 1988 Calgary Olympic Games : 1st place
• 1990 European Championships : 1st place

World Cup victories

singles

No.	date	place	train
1.	06th Mar 1983	Oberhof	Oberhof luge track
2.	0Jan. 8, 1984	Hammar Beach	Hammarstrand bobsleigh run
3.	04th Mar 1984	Oberhof	Oberhof luge track
4th	Feb. 24, 1985	Koenigssee	Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee
5.	10 Mar 1985	Oberhof	Oberhof luge track
6th	Feb 23, 1986	St. Moritz	Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina
7th	Feb 21, 1987	Calgary	Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
8th.	0Jan. 7, 1990	Oberhof	Oberhof luge track
9.	0Dec 2, 1990	Oberhof	Oberhof luge track
10.	0Dec 8, 1990	Koenigssee	Koenigssee artificial ice rink

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , April 26, 1988, p. 4

Web links

Commons : Jochen Pietzsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jochen Pietzsch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )