Karl-Heinz Luck
Karl-Heinz Luck 
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Karl-Heinz Luck (1972) |
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| Full name | Karl-Heinz Luck | ||||||
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 German Democratic Republic
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| birthday | January 28, 1945 | ||||||
| place of birth | Unterschönau , German Empire | ||||||
| size | 175 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 65 kg | ||||||
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| society | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | ||||||
| National squad | since 1968 | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
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Karl-Heinz Luck (born January 28, 1945 in Unterschönau ) is a former German Nordic combined athlete .
Career
Luck, who started for SC Motor Zella-Mehlis , began his career at the age of 16. A few years later at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble he reached 11th place in the individual combination. A year later he won the GDR championships. After winning the race on Holmenkollen a short time later, he led the world rankings for a total of two years.
On January 9, 1972 Luck won the international combined competition in Štrbské Pleso in front of five of his compatriots . The best result of his career he was able to achieve at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , when he was still able to win the bronze medal after a poor jumping performance through the run. In March he won the combined competition at the Lahti Ski Games . Just a year later in 1973, he ended his active career.
Shortly thereafter, Luck began working as a trainer. So he trained the combiners in Switzerland after the fall of the Wall .
Web links
- Karl-Heinz Luck in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Karl-Heinz Luck in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Nordic combined at the Lahti Ski Games 1972 , Lahden Museot
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| SURNAME | Luck, Karl-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Nordic combined |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unterschönau , German Empire |