European Natural Track Luge Championships 1983
The 10th FIL Natural Track Luge European Championship took place from February 2 to 6, 1983 in St. Konrad , Austria .
Technical data of the natural toboggan run
| Surname | Jagerberg natural toboggan run |
| begin | 777 m above sea level A. |
| target | 595 m above sea level A. |
| Height difference | 182 m |
| Average gradient | 15% |
| length | 1220 m |
Single seater men
For the third time in a row, only Italians were on the podium in the men's singles. Otto Bachmann was able to successfully defend his title and became European champion for the second time. The silver medal went to Martin Jud and the bronze went to Andreas Jud , the European champion in doubles.
Single-seater women
| space | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ingeborg Innerhofer
|
4: 22.00 min |
| 2 |
 Irmgard Lanthaler
|
+ 0.76 s |
| 3 |
Delia Vaudan
|
+ 1.09 s |
| 4th |
Elfriede Pirkmann
|
? |
| 5 |
Helene Mitterstieler
|
? |
| 6th |
Nelly Chapellu
|
? |
| 7th |
Ida Huber
|
? |
| 8th |
 Małgorzata Kabat
|
? |
| 9 |
Herta Hafner
|
? |
| 10 |
Barbara Winkler
|
? |
| 11 |
 Karin Berni
|
? |
| 12 |
Ewa Kierepka
|
? |
| - |
Paula Peintner
|
DNF |
| - |
Petra Leitinger
|
DNF |
| - |
Hilde Fuchs
|
DNF |
The 17-year-old Ingeborg Innerhofer from Austria became the European champion in the women's singles . She won the race ahead of Irmgard Lanthaler and the defending champion Delia Vaudan , both from Italy.
Two-seater
| space | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Andreas Jud - Günther Steinhauser
|
2: 51.52 min |
| 2 |
Raimund Pigneter - Georg Antholzer
|
+ 0.89 s |
| 3 |
Roland Trattnig - Harald Rabitsch
|
+ 1.08 s |
| 4th |
Manfred Danklmaier - Willi Danklmaier
|
? |
| 5 |
Konrad Jungmann - Franz Mair
|
? |
| 6th |
Manfred Gräber - Ernst Oberhammer
|
? |
| 7th |
Arthur Gatt - August Strickner
|
? |
| 8th |
Franz Noichl - Rupert Döttlinger
|
? |
| 9 |
Ryszard Chmielewski - Paweł Goryl
|
? |
| 10 |
 Heinz Gdanitz - Manfred Bruckmeier
|
? |
| 11 |
 Karl A. Jensen - Trond Enkerud
|
? |
| 12 |
Nils Petter Gill - Håkon Sandvik
|
? |
| 13 |
Volker Schönhuber - Franz Beschta
|
? |
| 14th |
Philippe Keck - Laurent Fesselet
|
? |
| - |
Richard Marmsoler - Ernst Marmsoler
|
DSQ |
| - |
Eugen Leuthold - Erich Hedinger
|
DNF |
| - |
.svg){kind=small} Leopold Krašovec - Marjan Meglič
|
DNF |
| - |
Milan Česen - Drago Česen
|
DNF |
| - |
Martin Jud - Hubert Steinhauser
|
DNF |
| - |
 Albin Donzel - Patrick Ginet
|
DNS |
| - |
Georg Spindler - Vitus Gansler
|
DNS |
The Italians Andreas Jud and Günther Steinhauser became European champions in the two-seater. Jud had already won the World Championship together with Ernst Oberhammer last year. Her compatriots Raimund Pigneter and Georg Antholzer won the silver medal . Pigneter was world champion in 1980 together with Oswald Pörnbacher . The bronze medal was won by Roland Trattnig and Harald Rabitsch from Austria. For them it was the only medal at major events.
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Italy
|
2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
| 2. |
Austria
|
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. 322 .
- Bert Isatitsch (Ed.): 100 Years of Rodelsport , self-published, Liezen 1983, p. 40.
