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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Gold	1972 Sapporo	Men's doubles
Gold	1984 Sarajevo	Men's singles
Silver	1980 Lake Placid	Men's singles
World Championships
Gold	1971 Olang	Men's doubles
Gold	1978 Imst	Men's singles
Bronze	1973 Oberhof	Men's doubles
Bronze	1979 Königssee	Men's singles
Bronze	1983 Lake Placid	Men's singles
European Championships
Gold	1971 Imst	Men's doubles
Gold	1974 Imst	Men's doubles
Gold	1978 Hammarstrand	Men's singles
Gold	1984 Olang	Men's singles
Silver	1979 Oberhof	Men's singles
Bronze	1988 Königssee	Mixed team

Paul Hildgartner (born June 8, 1952) was an Italian luger who competed from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned two gold medals (Men's doubles: 1972, Men's singles: 1984) and one silver medal (Men's singles: 1980) for his efforts. At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Hildgartner carried the Italian flag during the opening ceremonies.

Hildgartner also won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Men's singles: 1978, Men's doubles: 1971) and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1979, 1983; Men's doubles: 1973). Additionally, he won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 1978, 1984; Men's doubles: 1971, 1974), one silver (Men's singles: 1979), and one bronze (Mixed team: 1988). He also won the Luge World Cup overall title in men's singles in 1978-9, 1980-81 (tied with fellow Italian Ernst Haspinger), and 1982-3.

Hildgartner is the only person as of 2008^[update] to win a gold medal in men's singles luge and men's doubles luge at the Winter Olympics, FIL World Luge Championships, and FIL European Luge Championships. He was among the first inductees into the International Luge Federation (FIL) Hall of Fame in 2004, along with Klaus Bonsack and Margit Schumann.

Following the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the 17th turn at Cesana Pariol where the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events took place was renamed in his honor.

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v • d • e 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)

Olympic champions in men's doubles luge.

1964: Austria (Josef Feistmantl & Manfred Stengl) * 1968: East Germany (Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler) * 1972: (tie) East Germany (Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow) and Italy (Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner) * 1976: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1980: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1984: West Germany (Hans Stangassinger & Franz Wembacher) * 1988: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch) * 1992: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 1994: Italy (Kurt Brugger & Wilfried Huber) * 1998: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 2002: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2006: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)

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)

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 Bremse & Algars Kirkis) * 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)

European champions in men's singles luge.

1914: Rudolf Kauschka (AUT) · 1928: Fritz Preissler (TCH) · 1929: Fritz Preissler (TCH) · 1934: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1935: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1937: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1938: Martin Tietze (GER) · 1939: Fritz Preissler (TCH) · 1951: Paul Aste (AUT) · 1952: Rudolf Maschke (FRG) · 1953: Paul Aste (AUT) · 1954: Fritz Kienzl (AUT) · 1955: Paul Aste (AUT) · 1956: Josef Isser (AUT) · 1962: Josef Lenz (FRG) · 1967: Leonhard Nagenrauft (FRG) · 1970: Harald Ehrig (GDR) · 1971: Horst Hörnlein (GDR) · 1972: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) · 1973: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1974: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1975: Dettlef Günther (GDR) · 1976: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) · 1977: Anton Winkler (FRG) · 1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) · 1979: Hans Rinn (GDR) · 1980: Karl Brunner (ITA) · 1982: Uwe Hendrich (GDR) · 1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) · 1986: Sergey Danilin (URS) · 1988: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1990: Georg Hackl (FRG) · 1992: René Friedl (GER) · 1994: Markus Prock (AUT) · 1996: Jens Müller (GER) · 1998: Markus Prock (AUT) · 2000: Jens Müller (GER) · 2002: Markus Prock (AUT) · 2004: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) · 2006: Albert Demtschenko (RUS) · 2008: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)

European champions in men's doubles luge.

1914: Austria (Erwin Posselt & Karl Löbelt) * 1928: Germany (Herbert Elger & Wilhelm Adolf) * 1929: Germany (Richard Feist & Walter Feist) * 1934: Germany (Walter Feist & Walter Kluge) * 1935: Germany (Walter Feist & Walter Kluge) * 1937: Germany (Martin Tietze & Kurt Weidner) * 1938: Germany (Walter Feist & Walter Kluge) * 1939: Germany (Walter Feist & Walter Kluge) * 1951: Austria (Hans Krausner & Rudolf Peyfuss) * 1952: Austria (Paul Aste & Heinrich Isser) * 1953: Austria (Hans Krausner & Wilhelm Lache) * 1954: Austria (Josef Isser & Heinrich Isser) * 1955: Austria (Paul Aste & Paul Isser) * 1956: Austria (Wilhelm Leimgruber & Josef Unterfrauner) * 1962: Austria (Anton Venier & Ewald Walch) * 1967: Austria (Josef Feistmantl & Wilhelm Bichl) * 1970: East Germany (Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow) * 1971: Italy (Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner) * 1972: East Germany (Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow) * 1973: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1974: Italy (Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner) * 1975: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1976: East Germany (Bernd Dreyer & Roland Herdmann) * 1977: West Germany (Hans Brandner & Balthasar Schwarm) * 1978: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1979: East Germany (Bernd Oberhoffner & Jörg-Dieter Ludwig) * 1980: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn) * 1982: Austria (Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher) * 1984: Italy (Helmut Brunner & Walter Brunner) * 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgeny Belousov & Aleksandr Belyakov) * 1988: West Germany (Thomas Schwab & Wolfgang Staudinger) * 1990: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch) * 1992: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1994: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1996: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 1998: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 2000: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2002: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2004: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2006: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2008: Italy (Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber)

World Cup champions in men's singles luge

1977-8: Anton Winkler (FRG) * 1978-9: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) * 1979-80: Ernst Haspinger (ITA) * 1980-1: (tie) Ernst Haspinger (ITA) & Paul Hildgartner (ITA) * 1981-2: Ernst Haspinger (ITA) * 1982-3: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) * 1983-4: Michael Walter (GDR) * 1984-5: Norbert Huber (ITA) * 1985-6: Norbert Huber (ITA) * 1986-7: Norbert Huber (ITA) * 1987-8: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1988-9: Georg Hackl (FRG) * 1989-90: Georg Hackl (FRG) * 1990-1: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1991-2: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1992-3: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1993-4: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1994-5: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1995-6: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1996-7: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1997-8: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 1998-9: Markus Prock (AUT) * 1999-2000: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2000-1: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2001-2: Markus Prock (AUT) * 2002-3: Markus Kleinheinz (AUT) * 2003-4: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2004-5: Albert Demtschenko (RUS) * 2005-6: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2006-7: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2007-8: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) * 2008-9: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)

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