The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 1995 took place in Kandalaksha, Russia.
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Manfred Graber (ITA) | |
Silver | Martin Gruber (ITA) | |
Bronze | Robert Tomelitsch (AUT) |
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Irene Zechner (AUT) | |
Silver | Lyubov Panyutina (RUS) | |
Bronze | Elvira Holzknecht (AUT) |
Panyutina becomes the first non-Austrian or Italian to medal in this event at the championships and the first Russian to do so as well.
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Austria (Andi Ruetz, Helmut Ruetz) | |
Silver | Italy (Martin Psenner, Arthur König) | |
Bronze | Italy (Jurgen Pezzi, Christian Hafner) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
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