Paul Hildgartner

Paul Hildgartner (born June 8, 1952 in Kiens ) is a former luge rider from South Tyrol who started very successfully for Italy .

Hildgartner is one of the most successful tobogganists. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , he and Walter Plaikner won the gold medal in the doubles, 1980 in Lake Placid silver in the singles and crowned his career at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo with an Olympic victory in singles.

Always with Walter Plaikner, Paul Hildgartner was world champion in doubles in 1971 in Olang and 3rd at the 1973 World Championships in Oberhof. In the single-seater competition he was world champion in Imst in 1978, in 1979 in Königsee and in 1983 in Lake Placid he won the bronze medal.

Hildgartner won gold four times at European championships: in a double-seater with Walter Plaikner in 1971 and 1974 in Imst, in a single-seater in 1978 in Hammarstrand and in 1984 in Olang; he also won silver in 1980 in Olang.

As one of the most successful Italian winter sports, was Paul Hildgartner from CONI Flags at the opening ceremonies for the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo and in 1988 in Calgary honored.

The 17th curve of the Olympic track by Cesana Torinese ( Turin 2006 ) was named after him. Hildgartner has been a member of the FIL Hall of Fame since 2004 .

successes

World Cup victories

singles

No.	date	place	train
1.	Dec 20, 1977	Koenigssee	Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee
2.	Jan. 21, 1979	Imst	Imst toboggan run
3.	Feb. 18, 1979	innsbruck	Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh
4th	Dec 20, 1980	Winterberg	Winterberg bobsleigh run
5.	Jan. 11, 1981	Imst	Imst toboggan run
6th	Jan. 17, 1982	Imst	Imst toboggan run
7th	Jan. 30, 1983	Lake Placid	Olympic bobsleigh track Lake Placid
8th.	Feb. 27, 1983	Koenigssee	Koenigssee artificial ice rink
9.	Jan 15, 1984	Imst	Imst toboggan run
10.	Feb. 27, 1984	Koenigssee	Koenigssee artificial ice rink
11.	Jan. 11, 1987	Olang	Olang bobsleigh run

Web links

• Paul Hildgartner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )