HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Reinhold Senn (born in Imst on 6 December 1936) was an Austrian
luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...
r who competed during the 1960s. Senn won the
silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...
in the men's doubles event at the
1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
in
Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
. At the 1961 FIL World Luge Championships in
Girenbad Girenbad is a village in the municipality Hinwil in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, ...
,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, Senn won bronze medals in the men's singles and men's doubles event. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany.


References

* * * * * 1936 births Living people Austrian male lugers Olympic lugers of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{Austria-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub