Franz Wilhelmer
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Franz Wilhelmer is an Austria
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r who competed in the early 1980s. He is best known for finishing second three times in the men's doubles overall Luge World Cup (1981-2, 1983-4, 1984-5).
Wilhemer also finished fourth in the men's doubles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics
in Sarajevo
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Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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Luge
A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...
r who competed in the early 1980s. He is best known for finishing second three times in the men's doubles overall Luge World Cup (1981-2, 1983-4, 1984-5).
Wilhemer also finished fourth in the men's doubles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
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