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Helmut Thaler (born 22 January 1940) was an Austrian luger who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Thaler also won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 1960 and a bronze in 1961. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany.

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helmut Thaler Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

DatabaseOlympics.com information on Thaler. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-08)
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)
Deprecated link at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-25) (in German)
SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-27) (in French)

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