Josef Thaler

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Josef Thaler is a former Austrian luge rider .

Josef Thaler was a successful luge athlete from a successful luge family, especially in the mid-1950s. He and his partner Hans Krausner won the doubles title at the first Luge World Championships in 1955 in Oslo . In addition, he came second in the singles competition behind local hero Anton Salvesen . A year later, the bronze medal was added at the European Championships, which Thaler won with Luis Posch behind Wilhelm Leimgruber / Josef Unterfrauner and Erich Raffl / Stefan Schöpf .

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (Red.): The Stars of Sports from A – Z , Habel, Berlin and Darmstadt 1970, p. 243
personal data
SURNAME Thaler, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian luge rider
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century