Rudolf Großwang

Rudolf Großwang
nation	BR Germany
birthday	April 1, 1947
place of birth	Bad Toelz ,  Germany
size	70 cm
Weight	164 kg
job	Marketing agency owner
Career
discipline	Two-seater
society	RC Berchtesgaden
status	resigned
End of career	1992
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 2 × German championships 3 × ? × ? ×
European Luge Championships bronze 1972 Königssee Two-seater bronze 1977 Königssee Two-seater German championships gold 1974 Königssee Two-seater gold 1976 Königssee Two-seater gold 1978 Königssee Two-seater
Placements in the Luge World Cup
Debut in the World Cup 1977  Overall World Cup DS 3rd place 1977/78
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Two-seater 0 1 0

Rudolf "Rudi" Größwang (* 1. April 1947 in Bad Tolz ) is a former German luger .

Sports career

Rudolf Großwang started for the RC Berchtesgaden , for which he is also active on the board after his sports career. He drove in a two-seater with various partners and achieved numerous successes. In 1974 he became German champion with Peter Reichenwallner , in 1976 and 1978 together with Stefan Hölzlwimmer .

At the 1972 European Luge Championships , he and Peter Reichenwallner won the bronze medal behind the couple Hörnlein / Bredow and his club mates Hans Brandner and Balthasar Schwarm . With his second partner Stefan Hölzlwimmer, Großerwang also won a bronze medal at the European Luge Championships in 1977 .

The highlight of his career was his participation in the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck , even though he narrowly missed winning a medal with his partner Stefan Hölzlwimmer. The duo were ahead in the first run at the first split, but a gross driving mistake threw them back to fifth after the first run. Despite the third-best running time in the second round, it was only enough to finish fourth behind Rinn / Hahn , Brandner / Schwarm and Schmid / Schachner . For this achievement, Rudolf Großwang and his partner Stefan Hölzlwimmer were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf . In the 1977/78 World Cup, the duo achieved a podium finish in January 1978 in Igls in the first season of 1977/78 , and in the overall standings the two finished third.

After the sport

Großwang is still connected to the sport both professionally and on a voluntary basis. From 1988 on, Großeswang ran the Kufenstüberl, which served as a meeting point for athletes and media representatives in the "German House" during the Winter Olympics . He founded an agency for event sponsoring in sport, with which he also took over sponsorship for the FIL , and works as deputy chairman and in the development department of competitive sports at his home club RC Berchtesgaden. His daughter Heike Großeswang has been Secretary General of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) since 2012 . His son of the same name was also a luge competitor.

Web links

• Rudolf Großwang in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• RGS-Sport-Marketing GmbH , Rudolf Großwang's agency

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Rudi Großwang. Biographical information. In: olympedia.org. OlyMADMen , accessed February 29, 2020 (registration required). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Toboggan Club Berchtesgaden eV - Imprint. In: Rodelclub-Berchtesgaden.de. Retrieved February 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Chronicle - Bayerischer Bob- und Schlittensportverband eV 1948–1998. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: bbsv-online.de. Bayerischer Bob- und Schlittensportverband eV, p. 15 , accessed on February 29, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Stadt Landshut, Sportchronik 1974–76: 1976 Reception of the German Olympic team in October with Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in Bonn and award with the silver laurel leaf.
5. ↑ Briefly reported. In: Neues Deutschland from January 30, 1978, p. 8.
6. ↑ Imprint. In: rgs-marketing.de. RGS-Sport-Marketing GmbH, accessed on February 29, 2020 . 
7. ↑ The most important decision-makers in bobsleigh, tobogganing and skeleton. In: manager-magazin.de. Manager Magazin , February 9, 2018, accessed February 29, 2020 .