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Josef Lenz
Medal record
Men's Luge
Representing  West Germany
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Weissenbach Men's singles
Josef Lenz at the World Champs in Königssee (2021)

Josef "Sepp" Lenz (8 February 1935 – 3 May 2023) was a West German luger who competed in the 1960s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge championshipsinWeissenbach, Austria.

Biography[edit]

Lenz was born in Königssee on 8 February 1935. He was selected for the men's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, but was severely injured at the luge track in Igls and did not compete as a result.

Lenz later became a luge coach, being involved in the early career of Austria's Markus Prock.[1] In 1966 he became coach of the German national team, a position he held until 1995. Under his leadership the national team won 31 gold, 31 silver and 34 bronze medals at the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. Lugers who he guided to success included double World Champion and future International Luge Federation President Josef Fendt, 1984 Winter Olympic doubles champions Hans Stangassinger and Franz Wembacher, and triple Olympic champion Georg Hackl. Along with his father, he also constructed a naturally refrigerated luge track on the banks of the Königssee, the forerunner to the present artificial Königssee track.[2] He subsequently designed other tracks, including the Utah Olympic Park Track,[3] and acted as a consultant for the Alpensia Sliding Centre.[4]

In December 1993, Lenz lost his left leg below the knee when he did not get out of the way of an American luger while clearing off the ice at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton trackinWinterberg, Germany. Lenz returned to coach the German team at the 1994 Winter OlympicsinLillehammer two months later.

Lenz died on 3 May 2023, at the age of 88.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Layden, Tim (9 February 1998). "Born To Luge Georg Hackl is a techno whiz, Markus Prock is a natural athlete. The Olympics have belonged to Hackl, the World Cup circuit to Prock. Now, the final act of one of the greatest, if most obscure, rivalries in sports is about to begin". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  • ^ "Legendary coach Sepp Lenz celebrates 80th birthday". International Luge Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  • ^ van Holland, Guus (12 February 2002). "Legendarische rodelaar brengt soapfans in extase" [Legendary luger brings soap fans into ecstasy]. NRC.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  • ^ "Rodel-"Übervater": Trainer-Legende Sepp Lenz wird 80" [Luge "Godfather": Trainer legend Sepp Lenz turns 80]. süddeutsche.de (in German). 8 February 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  • ^ Sicard, Doris (8 May 2023). "Sepp Lenz is dead". The Storiest. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

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