Medal record | ||
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Men's luge | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1984 Sarajevo | Men's doubles |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1981 Hammarstrand | Men's doubles |
![]() | 1983 Lake Placid | Men's doubles |
World Cup Championships | ||
![]() | 1982-83 | Men's doubles |
![]() | 1980-81 | Men's doubles |
European Championships | ||
![]() | 1984 Olang | Men's doubles |
![]() | 1982 Winterberg | Men's doubles |
Hans Stangassinger (born 5 January 1960 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) was a West German luger who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Stangassinger also won two bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1981, 1983). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he also won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1984 and a bronze in 1982.
Stangassinger's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in men's doubles in 1982-3.
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