Thomas Köhler

For the footballer, see Thomas Köhler (footballer).

Thomas Köhler

Thomas Köhler (right, standing).

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

25 June 1940
Oberwiesenthal, Saxony

Height

1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)^[1]

Weight

70 kg (150 lb)^[1]

Sport

Country

Germany

Sport

Luge

Club

SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal

Retired

1969

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

Medal record

Men´s luge
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	1964 Innsbruck	Men's singles
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1968 Grenoble	Men's doubles
	1968 Grenoble	Men's singles
World Championships
	1962 Krynica	Men's singles
	1965 Davos	Men's doubles
	1967 Hammarstrand	Men's singles
	1967 Hammarstrand	Men's doubles
	1965 Davos	Men's doubles

Thomas Köhler (born 25 June 1940) is an East German former luger who competed during the 1960s.

He won three Winter Olympic medals in men's luge with two golds (Singles: 1964, Doubles: 1968) and one silver (Singles: 1968).

Köhler won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four golds (singles: 1962, 1967; doubles: 1967) and one silver (doubles: 1965).

References

1 2 sports-reference profile, accessed December 4, 2010

Olympic champions in men's singles luge

1964: Thomas Köhler (EUA) 1968: Manfred Schmid (AUT) 1972: Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR) 1976: Dettlef Günther (GDR) 1980: Bernhard Glass (GDR) 1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) 1988: Jens Müller (GDR) 1992: Georg Hackl (GER) 1994: Georg Hackl (GER) 1998: Georg Hackl (GER) 2002: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 2006: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 2010: Felix Loch (GER) 2014: Felix Loch (GER)

Olympic champions in men's doubles luge

1964: Josef Feistmantl & Manfred Stengl (AUT)
1968: Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler (GDR)
1972: Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow (GDR)
1984: Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner (ITA)
1976: Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn (GDR)
1980: Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn (GDR)
1984: Hans Stangassinger & Franz Wembacher (FRG)
1988: Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch (GDR)
1992: Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt (GER)
1994: Kurt Brugger & Wilfried Huber (ITA)
1998: Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt (GER)
2002: Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch (GER)
2006: Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger (AUT)
2010: Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger (AUT)
2014: Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt (GER)

World champions in men's singles luge

1955: Anton Salvesen (NOR)
1957: Hans Schaller (FRG)
1958: Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
1959: Herbert Thaler (AUT)
1960: Helmut Berndt (FRG)
1961: Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
1962: Thomas Köhler (GDR)
1963: Fritz Nachmann (FRG)
1965: Hans Plenk (FRG)
1967: Thomas Köhler (GDR)
1969: Josef Feistmantl (AUT)
1970: Josef Fendt (FRG)
1971: Karl Brunner (ITA)
1973: Hans Rinn (GDR)
1974: Josef Fendt (FRG)
1975: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
1977: Hans Rinn (GDR)
1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
1979: Dettlef Günther (GDR)
1981: Sergey Danilin (URS)
1983: Miroslav Zajonc (CAN)
1985: Michael Walter (GDR)
1987: Markus Prock
1989: Georg Hackl (FRG)
1990: Georg Hackl (FRG)
1991: Arnold Huber (ITA)
1993: Wendel Suckow (USA)
1995: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
1996: Markus Prock (AUT)
1997: Georg Hackl (GER)
1999: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2000: Jens Müller (GER)
2001: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2003: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2004: David Möller (GER)
2005: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2007: David Möller (GER)
2008: Felix Loch (GER)
2009: Felix Loch (GER)
2011: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2012: Felix Loch (GER)
2013: Felix Loch (GER)
2015: Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)
2016: Felix Loch (GER)

World champions in men's doubles luge

1955: Austria (Hans Krausner & Josef Thaler)
1957: West Germany - (Fritz Nachmann & Josef Strillinger)
1958: West Germany (Fritz Nachmann & Josef Strillinger)
1959: cancelled * 1960: Austria (Reinhold Frosch & Ewald Walch)
1961: Italy (Roman Pichler & Enrico Prinot)
1962: Italy (Giovanni Graber & Gianpaolo Ambrosi)
1963: Poland (Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz & Lucjan Kudzia)
1965: East Germany (Wolfgang Scheidel & Thomas Köhler)
1967: East Germany (Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler)
1969: Austria (Manfred Schmid & Ewald Walch)
1970: Austria (Manfred Schmid & Ewald Walch)
1971: Italy (Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner)
1973: East Germany (Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow)
1974: East Germany (Bernd Hahn & Ulrich Hahn)
1975: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn)
1977: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn)
1978: Soviet Union (Dainis Bremze & Aigars Kriķis)
1979: West Germany (Hans Brandner & Balthasar Schwarm)
1981: East Germany (Bernd Hahn & Ulrich Hahn)
1983: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch)
1985: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch)
1987: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch)
1989: East Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt)
1990: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
1991: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt)
1993: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt)
1995: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt)
1996: Austria (Tobias Schiegl & Markus Schiegl)
1997: Austria (Tobias Schiegl & Markus Schiegl)
1999: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
2000: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
2001: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich)
2003: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
2004: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
2005: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich)
2007: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
2008: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich)
2009: Italy (Gerhard Plankensteiner & Oswald Haselrieder)
2011: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
2012: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
2013: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
2015: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
2016: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)

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