European Natural Track Luge Championships 1975

The 5th FIL Natural Track Luge European Championship took place from February 5 to 9, 1975 in Feld am See in Austria . The “Mirnock 73” toboggan run was 1,094.5 meters long.

Single seater men

space	Surname	time
01	Alfred Kogler	?
02	Erich Graber	?
03	Helmut Hutter	?
04th	Gottfried Lexer	?
05	Damiano Lugon	?
06th	Egon Tronegger	?
07th	Anton Weissbacher	?
08th	Klaus Motz	?
09	Erwin Eichelberger	?
10	Paul Mitterstieler	?
11	Josef Trojer	?
12	Germano Voyat	?
13	Engelbert Fuchs	?
14th	Andrea Millet	?
15th	Josef Ploner	?
16	Willi Galsterer	?
17th	Ernst Stangl	?
18th	Josef Mahlknecht	?
19th	Johann Mair	?
20th	Helmut Kleinhofer	?
21st	Josef Hilgarter	?
22nd	Josef Niedermair	?
23	Robert Jud	?
24	Ernst Scheuchl	?
25th	Michael Plaickner	?
26th	Albert Eichelberger	?
27	Vitus Gansler	?
28	Battista Pieiller	?
29	Vinko Lavtižar	?
30th	Georg Spindler	?
31	Viko Debeljak	?
32	Edwin Wipf	?
33	Erich Hedinger	?
34	Walter Renn	?
35	Lubomír Vymazal	?
36	Wilfried Braun	?
37	Josef Spindler	?
38	Janez Bahun	?
39	Helmut Freudig	?
40	Nicolae Stavarache	?
41	Valentin Paiuc	?
-	Christof Rüegg	DNF
-	Hubert Mairamhof	DNS

The Austrian Alfred Kogler was European champion in the men's singles. The silver medal went to the defending champion Erich Graber from Italy, who was European champion in doubles with Robert Jud . Bronze went to the Austrian Helmut Hutter .

Single-seater women

space	Surname	time
01	Klara Niedertscheider	?
02	Annemarie Ebner	?
03	Elfriede Pirkmann	?
04th	Roswitha Fischer	?
05	Berta Pichler	?
06th	Helene Mitterstieler	?
07th	Hilde Scharf	?
08th	Hilde Palfinger	?
09	Monika Auer	?
10	Josefine Steininger	?
11	Eveline Castelli	?
-	Irma Taschler	DNF
-	Lea Voyat	DNF

As in the first four European championships, the title in women's singles went to Austria again this year and for the fourth time in a row the Austrians won all three medals. Klara Niedertscheider , who was European champion in 1971 and 1974, won the gold medal for the third time. The silver medal went to Annemarie Ebner , who had also won silver in 1971 and bronze in 1974. The bronze medal was won by Elfriede Pirkmann , who was European champion in 1973 and second in the previous year.

Two-seater

space	Surname	time
01	Robert Jud - Erich Graber	?
02	Engelbert Fuchs - Gottfried Kreuzer	?
03	Ernst Stangl - Erwin Eichelberger	?
04th	Wolfgang Erlacher - Alfred Kogler	?
05	Josef Mahlknecht - Josef Planötscher	?
06th	Johann Mair - Michael Plaickner	?
07th	Siegfried Wild - Othmar Hofer	?
08th	Josef Trojer - Otto Bachmann	?
09	Heribert Wagner - Wolfgang Wagner	?
10	Georg Spindler - Vitus Gansler	?
11	Damiano Lugon - Andrea Millet	?
12	Vinko Lavtižar - Viko Debeljak	?
-	Josef Niedermair - Werner Niedermair	DNF
-	Franz Donauer - Helmut Hutter	DNF

The Italians Robert Jud and Erich Graber , who had already reached second place last year, became European champions in the doubles. The silver medal went to the Austrians Engelbert Fuchs and Gottfried Kreuzer , bronze went to their compatriots Ernst Stangl and Erwin Eichelberger .

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Austria	2	2	3	7th
2.	Italy	1	1	-	2

literature

• Harald Steyrer, Herbert Wurzer, Egon Theiner: 50 years of FIL 1957–2007. The history of the International Luge Federation in three volumes . tape II . Egoth Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-46-0 , p. 317 .