Josef Feistmantl
Josef Feistmantl ( born February 23, 1939 in Hall in Tirol ) is a former Austrian luger and Olympic champion.
The trained optician was. At the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 together with his partner Salzburg Manfred Stengl first Olympic champion in doubles After the two Austrians sec in the first run with 50.57. had already achieved a track record, they went with a soothing lead in the second round and won the gold medal consider their fellow countrymen Reinhold Senn and Helmut Thaler.
In Einsitzerbewerb, which was overshadowed by the fatal crash of Poland Skrzyecki in training, Feistmantl reached the disappointing for him fifth place. Other successes celebrated the Tyrolean winning the title in doubles at the European Championship in 1967 and winning the world title in the single-seater in 1969. Austrian champion he was single in 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967 and 1970, in doubles in 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1965. Josef Feistmantl finished his career in 1972.
At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games 1976 in Innsbruck inflamed Christl Haas and he the Olympic flame.