Hans Plenk

German luger (1938–2023)

Hans Plenk Medal record

Men's luge
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
|  1964 Innsbruck | Singles
Representing  West Germany
World Championships
|  1965 Davos | Singles
|  1961 Girenbad | Singles
|  1963 Imst | Singles
|  1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Singles
|  1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Doubles

Hans Plenk (21 February 1938 – 10 September 2023) was a West German luger who competed during the 1960s.

## Biography[edit]

Hans Plenk was born in Berchtesgaden on 21 February 1938.

Plenk won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Plenk won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four medals in the men's singles (gold: 1965, silver: 1961, 1963; bronze: 1960) and one in the men's doubles event (bronze: 1960).

Hans Plenk died on 10 September 2023, at the age of 85.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Hans Plenk". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

## Sources[edit]

* Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 February 2010)
* Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 23 February 2002)
* Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 4 December 2012)

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World champions in men's singles luge

* 1955: Anton Salvesen (NOR)
* 1957: Hans Schaller (FRG)
* 1958: Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
* 1959: Herbert Thaler (AUT)
* 1960: Ernst 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
* 1989–90: 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)
* 2001–03: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2004: David Möller (GER)
* 2005: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2007: David Möller (GER)
* 2008–09: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2011: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
* 2012–13: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2015: Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)
* 2016: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2017: Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)
* 2019: Felix Loch (GER)
* 2020: Roman Repilov (RUS)
* 2021: Roman Repilov (RFL)
* 2023: Jonas Müller (AUT)
* 2024: Max Langenhan (GER)

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