Hans Rinn (born 19 March 1953 in Langewiesen

Langewiesen

Langewiesen is a town in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Ilm, 4 km southeast of Ilmenau....

, Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

) is an East German former 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 from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won three medals at the Winter Olympics, including two gold (doubles: 1976

1976 Winter Olympics

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, 1980

1980 Winter Olympics

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) and one bronze (singles: 1976).

Rinn also won eight medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four golds (singles: 1973

FIL World Luge Championships 1973

The FIL World Luge Championships 1973 took place in Oberhof, East Germany.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 1977

FIL World Luge Championships 1977

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

, doubles: 1975

FIL World Luge Championships 1975

The FIL World Luge Championships 1975 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for a second time after previously hosting the championships in 1967.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 1977), three silvers (singles: 1974

FIL World Luge Championships 1974

The FIL World Luge Championships 1974 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record third time. Königssee had hosted the event previously in 1969 and 1970.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, doubles: 1973, 1979

FIL World Luge Championships 1979

The FIL World Luge Championships 1979 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fourth time. Königssee had hosted the event previously in 1969, 1970, and 1974...

), and one bronze (1978

FIL World Luge Championships 1978

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

).

At the FIL European Luge Championships, Rinn won 13 medals. This included seven golds (Men's singles: 1973

FIL European Luge Championships 1973

The FIL European Luge Championships 1973 took place in Königssee, West Germany for the second consecutive year and third time overall .-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 1974

FIL European Luge Championships 1974

The FIL European Luge Championships 1974 took place in Imst, Austria for the third time after previously hosting the event in 1956 and 1971.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 1979

FIL European Luge Championships 1979

The FIL European Luge Championships 1979 took place in Oberhof, East Germany.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

; Men's doubles: 1973, 1975

FIL European Luge Championships 1975

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

, 1978

FIL European Luge Championships 1978

The FIL European Luge Championships 1978 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time after hosting the event previously in 1970 and 1976.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:...

, 1980

FIL European Luge Championships 1980

The FIL European Luge Championships 1980 took place in Olang, Italy for the second time after previously hosting the event in 1975. It also marked the last time the championships would be hosted in consecutive years, a tradition started in 1970...

), five silvers (Men's singles: 1977

FIL European Luge Championships 1977

The FIL European Luge Championships 1977 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fourth time after hosting the event previously in 1967, 1972, and 1973.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 1978; Men's doubles: 1974, 1977, 1979), and one bronze (Men's singles: 1975).

Rinn was inducted into the International Luge Federation Hall of Fame in 2005 along with Josef Feistmantl

Josef Feistmantl

Josef Feistmantl was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s.He was born in Absam....

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