Dettlef Günther (sometimes shown as Detlef Günther, born 27 August 1954 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is an East German former luger who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Günther was favored to repeat after leading the first two runs, but crashed at the end of the third run causing him to lose three seconds and settling for fourth in the standings.

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Dettlef Günther

Günther at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Medal record Men's Luge Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Men's singles World Championships 1979 Königssee Men's singles European Championships 1975 Olang Men's singles 1979 Oberhof Men's singles

Günther also won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1979 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany. He also won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1975 and a silver in 1979.

References

• 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 Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007)
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 4 December 2012)
• List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 March 2008) (in German)
• Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Men's Singles Luge". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896–1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 576.

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