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Josef Feistmantl (23 February 1939 – 10 March 2019) was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He competed at three Olympic Games.[1]

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Josef Feistmantl

Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
	1964 Innsbruck	Men's doubles
World Championships
	1969 Königssee	Men's singles
	1959 Villard-de-Lans	Men's singles
	1970 Königssee	Men's singles
	1967 Hammarstrand	Men's singles
	1971 Olang	Men's singles
European Championships
	1967 Königssee	Men's doubles
	1962 Weissenbach	Men's doubles

Biography

Feistmantl was born in Absam. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck along with Manfred Stengl.[2]

Feistmantl also won five medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (1969 - the first Worlds to be held on an artificial track, at Königssee),[2] two silvers (1959, 1970), and two bronzes (1967, 1971). He also won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold (1967) and one silver (1962).[3] After his 1969 World Championship win, he donated the medal to the Polish team after their luger Stanisław Paczka had been killed whilst in competition at the Championships: Feistmantl stated that he "wanted to set a positive example". That year the International Olympic Committee awarded him a Fair Play Prize for his gesture.[2]

At the opening ceremonies of the 1976 Winter Olympics, Feistmantl and fellow Austrian alpine skier Christl Haas were lighters of separate Olympic Flames as defined by Innsbruck's hosting of their second Winter Olympics. He subsequently cited this as his fondest memory.[2]

Feistmantl was inducted into the International Luge Federation Hall of Fame in 2005 along with Hans Rinn.

References

External links

• FIL-Luge.org March 14, 2005 article on the new FIL Hall of Fame, including Feistmantl's induction. - accessed March 8, 2008.
• 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)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Günther Zahn	Final Olympic torchbearer with Christl Haas Innsbruck 1976	Succeeded by Stéphane Préfontaine and Sandra Henderson
Preceded by Hideo Takada	Final Winter Olympic torchbearer with Christl Haas Innsbruck 1976	Succeeded by Charles Gugino

На других языках

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- [en] Josef Feistmantl

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[fr] Josef Feistmantl

Josef Feistmantl, né le 23 février 1939 à Absam et mort le 10 mars 2019[1], est un lugeur autrichien.

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[it] Josef Feistmantl

Josef Feistmantl (Absam, 23 febbraio 1939 – 10 marzo 2019) è stato uno slittinista austriaco, vincitore di una medaglia d'oro ai Giochi olimpici di Innsbruck 1964.

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[ru] Файстмантль, Йозеф

Йозеф Файстмантль (нем. Josef Feistmantl; 23 февраля 1939, Абзам, Австрия — 10 марта 2019) — австрийский саночник, выступавший за сборную Австрии в середине 1950-х — начале 1970-х годов. Принимал участие в двух зимних Олимпийских играх, на играх 1964 года в Инсбруке, соревнуясь в мужских парных заездах, выиграл золотую медаль.

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