Kurt Brugger

Kurt Brugger (born 17 March 1969 in Bruneck, South Tyrol) is an Italian luger who competed from 1987 to 2003. Together with Wilfried Huber, he won the men's doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Brugger also won three medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with one silver (1990) and two bronzes (1993, 1995). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he won three medals with one gold (Mixed team: 1994) and two silvers (Men's doubles: 1992, 1994).

Brugger's best overall finish in the Luge World Cup men's doubles was second four times (1989-90, 1992-3, 1994-5, 1997-8).

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European champions in mixed team relay luge

Six per team	1988: West Germany Georg Hackl Johannes Schettel Kerstin Langkopf Veronika Bilgeri Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger 1990: East Germany Jens Müller René Friedl Susi Erdmann Sylke Otto Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch 1992: Germany Georg Hackl René Friedl Susi Erdmann Sylke Otto Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph 1994: Italy Armin Zöggeler Norbert Huber Gerda Weissensteiner Natalie Obkircher Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber 1996: Germany Jens Müller Georg Hackl Jana Bode Susi Erdmann Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt 1998: Germany Jens Müller Karsten Albert Susi Erdmann Silke Kraushaar Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt

Four per team	2000: Germany Georg Hackl Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2002: Germany Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2004: Germany Jan-Armin Eichhorn Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2006: Germany David Möller Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller

Four per team as relay	2008: Latvia Mārtiņš Rubenis Maija Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics 2010: Latvia Anna Orlova Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics 2012: Russia Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin 2014: Russia Natalia Khoreva Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin

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