| Medal record | ||
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| Luge | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Lake Placid | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
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1971 Olang | Men's singles |
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1977 Igls | Men's doubles |
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1979 Königssee | Men's singles |
| European Championships | ||
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1980 Olang | Men's singles |
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1977 Königssee | Men's singles |
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1979 Oberhof | Men's doubles |
Karl Brunner (born 19 May 1951 in Olang) was an Italian luger who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Brunner also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two medals in men's singles (gold: 1971, silver: 1979) and one in men's doubles (silver: 1977). He also won three medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold (Men's singles: 1980) and two bronzes (Men's singles: 1977, Men's doubles: 1979).
Brunner also won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title three times (1977-8, 1978-9, 1982-3) and had his best overall men's single World Cup finish of second in 1979-80.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karl Brunner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
External links
- DatabaseOlympics.com information on Brunner. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-08-25)
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-06-30)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
- List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-25) (in German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
- List of men's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
- 1951 births
- Italian male lugers
- Living people
- Lugers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic lugers for Italy
- Olympic medalists in luge
- Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- People from Olang
- Lugers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Sportspeople from South Tyrol
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen