Horst Hörnlein

Horst Hörnlein ( born May 31, 1945 in Möhrenbach ) is a former German luger who competed for East Germany.

Life

1967 Hörnlein was disqualified at the world championship in Hammarstrand in Sweden because he had heated the skids of his carriage, and thus achieves better lubricity. In his career he was successful both in single as well as in doubles. In single-seater he was European champion in 1971 and in doubles he won together with Reinhard Bredow at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo the gold medal. He was also with Bredow 1969 Vice World Champion, 1970 European Champion and 1973 World Champion in doubles. After his career Hörnlein became a coach and was involved with the construction of the bobsleigh in the GDR. Later he was commissioned among others by Bobweltverband order to bring the smaller Bobnationen closer to the top. He coached in the early 1990s the British bobsledder to Sean Olsson.

Hörnlein in 1984 awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold as well as 1972 and 1988 in silver.

1972 Winter Olympics List of Olympic medalists in luge Josef Feistmantl Manfred Stengl Klaus Bonsack Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn Franz Wembacher Jochen Pietzsch Jan Behrendt Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt FIL World Luge Championships Josef Thaler Fritz Nachmann Josef Strillinger Ewald Walch Giovanni Graber Gianpaolo Ambrosi Wolfgang Scheidel Manfred Schmid Bernd Hahn Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm Norbert Huber Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl Torsten Wustlich Gerhard Plankensteiner FIL European Luge Championships Martin Tietze Paul Aste Josef Lenz Leonhard Nagenrauft Harald Ehrig Wolfram Fiedler Anton Winkler Karl Brunner (luger) Georg Hackl Markus Prock Andi Langenhan Felix Loch Wilhelm Adolf Walter Feist Maria Isser Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Peter Penz Georg Fischler Toni Eggert
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