Hansjörg Raffl

Hansjörg Raffl (born 29 January 1958 in Olang) is an Italian luger who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1994 and a bronze in 1992.

Hansjörg Raffl
Medal record
Luge
1994 LillehammerMen's doubles
1992 AlbertvilleMen's doubles
World Championships
1989 WinterbergMixed team
1990 CalgaryMen's doubles
1983 Lake PlacidMen's doubles
1989 WinterbergMen's doubles
1990 CalgaryMixed team
1993 CalgaryMen's doubles
1991 WinterbergMen's doubles
1991 WinterbergMixed team
1993 CalgaryMixed team
European Championships
1992 WinterbergMen's doubles
1994 KönigsseeMen's doubles
1988 KönigsseeMen's doubles
1990 IglsMen's doubles
1984 OlangMen's doubles
1986 HammarstrandMen's doubles
1988 KönigsseeMixed team
1990 IglsMixed team
1992 WinterbergMixed team

Raffl also won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two gold (Men's doubles: 1990, Mixed team: 1989), four silvers (1983, 1989, 1993; Mixed team: 1990), and three bronzes (Men's doubles: 1991, Mixed team: 1991, 1993).

He also won nine medals in the FIL European Luge Championships with two gold (Men's doubles: 1992, 1994), two silvers (Men's doubles: 1988, 1990), and five bronzes (Men's doubles: 1984, 1986; Mixed team: 1988, 1990, 1992).[1]

Raffll also won 26 World Cup races and eight World Cup overall men's doubles titles (1982-3, 1984-5, 1985-6, 1988-9, 1989–90, 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-3). His best World Cup overall finish in the men's singles was second in 1978-9.

References
  1. "List of European luge champions". Eiskanal (in German). Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
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