Anton Winkler
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's luge | ||
Representing  | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1980 Lake Placid | Men's singles |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1978 Imst | Men's singles |
| 1977 Igls | Men's singles |
| 1979 Königssee | Men's doubles |
| World Cup Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1977-78 | Men's singles |
| European Championships | ||
| 1977 Königssee | Men's singles |
Anton Winkler (23 February 1954 – 8 October 2016) was a West German luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Winkler also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver (singles: 1978) and two bronzes (singles: 1977, doubles: 1979). Additionally, he won a gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1977 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany. Winkler was the first men's singles Luge World Cup overall champion in 1977-78.
Winkler died on 8 October 2016.
References
- FIL-Luge.org 13 October 2016 article on Winkler's passing. - accessed 15 October 2016.
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton at Archive.is (archived 2012-12-04)
- List of European luge champions (in German) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-25)
- List of men's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
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