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Peter Gschnitzer

Italian luger

Peter Gschnitzer (born 10 July 1953 in Sterzing) was an Italian luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Gschnitzer also won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1977 FIL World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria. He also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1979 FIL European Luge Championships in Oberhof, East Germany.

Gschnitzer also won the overall Luge World Cup *le in men's doubles in the first two seasons of the World Cup's existence (1977-8, 1978-9).

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    • DatabaseOlympics.com information on Gschneitzer 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 Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)
    • 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)