Georg FLUCKINGER

Georg Fluckinger competed at three Winter Olympics, with the highlight of his career the bronze medal he won in doubles at Lake Placid in 1980 along with Karl Schrott. Fluckinger was third in the season World Cup in singles in 1979-80 but then focused mostly on doubles, placing second in the doubles World Cup in five seasons (1979-80, 1982, 1984-85). In addition to Schrott, Fluckinger raced doubles with Franz Wilhelmer and Robert Manzenreiter, as he had three different partners in his three Olympic doubles appearances. Fluckinger had 18 podium appearances at the World Cup, 16 in doubles, with three victories, all in doubles, eight seconds, and seven thirds. In 1996 Fluckinger was given the Gold Medal for Service to the Austrian Republic.