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Manfred Schmid

1944 - Today

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Manfred Schmid (born 6 June 1944 in Liezen) is an Austrian former luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble in 1968 with a gold in the men's singles event and a silver in the men's doubles event. Schmid also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two gold (doubles: 1969, 1970), four silvers (singles: 1969, 1975; doubles: 1967, 1971), and one bronze (singles: 1978). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manfred Schmid has received more than 16,276 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Manfred Schmid is the 1,084th most popular athlete (up from 1,287th in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from Austria (down from 920th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Manfred Schmid ranks 1,084 out of 6,025Before him are Rodolfo Terlizzi, Henri Hérouin, Vladimír Syrovátka, Hans Kalt, Harry Babcock, and John Exley. After him are Marcus Hurley, Sirkka Polkunen, Martin Fourcade, Lars Hall, Bruno Söderström, and Alex Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Manfred Schmid ranks 563Before him are Christopher Browning, Orlando Martínez, Ken Howard, Gabriele Kuby, Russi Taylor, and Yuriy Istomin. After him are Mick Avory, Giorgi Sichinava, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Fannie Flagg, Mary Wilson, and Pierre Trentin.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Manfred Schmid ranks 956 out of 1,424Before him are Alfred Gusenbauer (1960), Erika Mahringer (1924), Hannes Swoboda (1946), Eva Ibbotson (1925), Liese Prokop (1941), and Anton Janda (1904). After him are Walter Kollmann (1932), Margarete Adler (1896), Oliver Glasner (1974), Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878), Maria Rohm (1945), and Josef Feistmantl (1939).

Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Manfred Schmid ranks 10Before him are Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Adolf Kainz (1903), Eva Janko (1945), Fiorenzo Marini (1914), Rupert Hollaus (1931), and Ferdinand Kiefler (1913). After him are Josef Feistmantl (1939), Felix Gottwald (1976), Maximilian Raub (1926), Matthias Steiner (1982), Siegfried Purner (1915), and Hans Haas (1906).