Michael Walter (luge)
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Michael Walter (born 12 March 1959 in Pirna
Pirna
Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt...

, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with 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 during the 1980s. He won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1985
FIL World Luge Championships 1985
The FIL World Luge Championships 1985 took place in Oberhof, East Germany for the second time, having done so previously in 1973.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

 and a silver in 1981
FIL World Luge Championships 1981
The FIL World Luge Championships 1981 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time. Hammarstrand had hosted the event previously in 1967 and 1975...

.

Walter also won two medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a silver in the mixed team event (1988
FIL European Luge Championships 1988
The FIL European Luge Championships 1988 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fifth time after hosting the event previously in 1967, 1972, 1973, and 1977...

) and a bronze in the men's singles event (1986
FIL European Luge Championships 1986
The FIL European Luge Championships 1986 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the fourth time after hosting the event previously in 1970, 1976, and 1978...

).
Quotations

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"The International University of Advanced Studies, has been founded and is dedicated to teaching the disciplines and imparting the knowledge that will be needed in the next century for survival on Earth, the colonization of the oceans, and the exploration and colonization of space. Access to classes taught by the University may be obtained over the Internet."

"New Utopia will be managed by a Board of Governors; managing what we believe to be the most perfect city/state ever conceived, blending the philosophies of both Ayn Rand and Robert Heinlein."

 
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