Günther Lemmerer was an Austria

Austria

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n luge

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 won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1982 FIL European Luge Championships

FIL European Luge Championships 1982

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

 in Winterberg

Winterberg

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, West Germany

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Competing in two Winter Olympics, Lemmerer earned his best finish of fifth in the men's doubles event at Sarajevo

Sarajevo

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 in 1984

1984 Winter Olympics

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He won the men's doubles overall Luge World Cup title three times (1979-80, 1980-1, 1981-2).

After retiring from competition in the mid-1980s, Lemmerer became a development coach for the International Luge Federation (FIL), developing luge

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...

 teams from Greece

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, Bermuda

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, India

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, and Somalia

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. Several of those teams competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics

1998 Winter Olympics

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 in Nagano, but did not medal in any luge event.