Georg Hackl
Georg Hackl ( born September 9, 1966 in Berchtesgaden ), called Hackl Schorsch, is a former German luger and sports soldier with the rank of Warrant Officer. Among his greatest sporting achievements include three Olympic gold and two silver medals in the single-seater, which he won in six appearances in a row from 1988 to 2006.
School and education
Hackl visited the CJD Christophorus schools Berchtesgaden. About the school he came to the sport of luge, where he also became German champion student. After school, he made a successful apprenticeship as a fitter.
After ending his active sports career Hackl spent three years training as a graduate coach at Trainer Academy Cologne, which he completed in April 2009 as the top of his class with a grade of 1.1.
Sledging
Hackl was one of the world's most successful luge, who scored on all major toboggan runs and wins over 18 years always belonged to the top of the luge sport. He was known as the inventor who devoted every spare minute to optimizing its carriage.
Hackl's career began in 1987 by winning the German Championship, which he won in the course of time 16 times. The following year he won the European Championships and also still won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Calgary behind Jens Müller ( DDR).
In 1989 he became world champion for the first time and won the overall World Cup victory. He surpassed this success the following year even when he next World Cup and World Cup also won the European Championships.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in 1992 Hackl won the gold medal for the first time. The next year he became vice - world champion and won as a member of the German team World Cup team gold, which he, after he had again taken in 1994 at the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer gold in singles, was able to repeat 1995.
After a new Vice World Championship 1996, he was in 1997, only one hundred days after a discectomy, a world champion again. Also at the 1998 Olympics he won gold again.
After a fall in a competition run Hackl had to accept defeat just with the World Cup on his home track in Koenigssee 1999. After the World Cup and European Championship team gold in 2000 In 2001 he was again runner-up again and took team gold.
At the Olympic Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City, he won behind one of his biggest competitors, the Italian Armin Zöggeler, silver, and thus its overall fifth Olympic medal. In the same year he was awarded the Bavarian sports award in the category "Ambassadors of the Bavarian sport".
2003 occupied Hackl at the World Cup, although only 16th place individual ranking, but then got back with the team gold. In 2004 and 2005 he won the individual competition, in turn, the Vice World Championship, which was again accompanied by World Cup team gold in 2005.
The end of his career was in sight, when he again had to operate on the intervertebral disc in 2005. In January 2006, a severe flu virus with 4 kg of weight loss and five day stay in hospital threw him back in his Olympic preparations.
A nerve inflammation in his left arm resulted in the 2006 Winter Games in Turin to bad start times and took the hope of bronze. Hackl finished second in his last individual race in 7th place, remaining the last competition of his sporting career without a medal.
During his playing days Hackl Sports soldier was in the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Berchtesgaden, in the last rank of Warrant Officer. His present job as a technology trainer at the Bobsleigh and Luge Federation of Germany enables him to pass on his experience to the German luge athlete.
Hackl was recorded in 2012 by the FIL in the Hall of Fame.
Wok World Championship
Hackl took previously at 11 World Championships fun sport part wok driving.
In single - Wok he was nine -time world champion ( 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009-2013) and twice runner-up (2006 and 2014), in the four-man wok once he reached the second place (2006). This Hackl is by far the most successful Wok driver. Jokingly he is therefore sometimes " Wokl - Schorsch " titled.
Personal
Georg Hackl is divorced and lives with his partner, interior designer Gisela Seidel, in Berchtesgaden.
Part-time commitment
Local politics and economy
The district council elections in 2002 in Berchtesgaden Hackl went to the CSU. He reached the second highest number of votes and was thus elected county council. In the local elections in 2008, he was confirmed in office.
Hackl lends his face to the Initiative New Social Market Economy, for which he acts as an ambassador.
Social Life
For the "Children in Need" eV (wind Hagen Westerwald ) Hackl has been involved in the 1990s as an international ambassador. Since April 2004 he is also the patron of the Foundation Juvenile obesity, based in Bishop meadows.
Sports
The International Olympic Committee elections (IOC ), which took place during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Hackl was one of the 15 athletes who competed for two free seats in the Athletes' Commission of the IOC, there to for eight years a member of the IOC be. Hackl would be next IOC Vice President Thomas Bach and NOK Honorary President Walther Tröger the third German in the IOC was, however, achieved in the election by the participants of the Olympic Games of Turin only fifth place. As an athlete representative, the Canadian Beckie Scott were elected ( alpine) and the Finnish ice hockey player Saku Koivu on 23 February 2006.