- Thomas Schwab
Thomas Schwab (born
April 20 ,1962 ) is a West Germanluge r who competed in the late 1980s. Together withWolfgang Staudinger he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the1988 Winter Olympics inCalgary , representingWest Germany .Schwab also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1987 FIL World Luge Championships in
Igls ,Austria . He also won two gold medals at the 1988 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee,West Germany (Men's doubles and mixed team). Schwab won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1986-7.From
1994 to2008 , he was head coach of all male and female lugers ofGermany 's A-Group, succeedingJosef Lenz at this position. Since the1994 Winter Olympics , his athletes have won a total of 129 medals in the Winter Olympics, world championships, and European championships. In February 2008, Schwab was named secretary general and sports director for theGerman bobsleigh and luge federation (BSD), effective in May. He was replaced as head coach of the German luge team by Norbert Loch, father of 2008 men's single world champion Felix.References
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHWATHO01 DatabaseOlympics.com information on Schwab]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/sweeping-changes-in-the-german-federation.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=e651cc2c40 FIL-Luge.org February 27, 2008 article on Schwab's promotion.]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olluge.shtml Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.]
* [http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html List of European luge champions] de icon
* [http://sports123.com/lug/mwc-d.html List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.]
* [http://www.fuzilogik.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=279&Itemid=105 Winter Olympic results - men's luge: 1964-2006]
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