Gert Elsässer (born 1949) is an
Austria
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skeleton racer
Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or -sleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance of ...
who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the
first skeleton World Championships in 1982 in
St. Moritz. He was European champion in 1981 and 1982 and came in second in 1983. Elsässer was born in
Innsbruck.
References
Gert Elsasser at Skeletonsport.com
*FIBT men's skeleton results: 1928-2005 (link invalid as of December 6, 2007).
1949 births
Living people
Austrian male skeleton racers
Sportspeople from Innsbruck
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