Paul Hildgartner

Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
	1972 Sapporo	Men's doubles
	1984 Sarajevo	Men's singles
	1980 Lake Placid	Men's singles
World Championships
	1971 Olang	Men's doubles
	1978 Imst	Men's singles
	1973 Oberhof	Men's doubles
	1979 Königssee	Men's singles
	1983 Lake Placid	Men's singles
European Championships
	1971 Imst	Men's doubles
	1974 Imst	Men's doubles
	1978 Hammarstrand	Men's singles
	1984 Olang	Men's singles
	1979 Oberhof	Men's singles
	1988 Königssee	Mixed team

Paul Hildgartner (born 8 June 1952 in Chienes) is an Italian former luger who competed from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned two gold medals (Men's doubles: 1972, Men's singles: 1984) and one silver medal (Men's singles: 1980) for his efforts. Hildgartner was the flag bearer for Italy in the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.^[1]

Biography

Hildgartner also won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Men's singles: 1978, Men's doubles: 1971) and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1979, 1983; Men's doubles: 1973). Additionally, he won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 1978, 1984; Men's doubles: 1971, 1974), one silver (Men's singles: 1979), and one bronze (Mixed team: 1988). He also won the Luge World Cup overall title in men's singles in 1978-9, 1980-81 (tied with fellow Italian Ernst Haspinger), and 1982-3.^[2]

Hildgartner is the only person as of 2018^[update] to win a gold medal in men's singles luge and doubles luge at the Winter Olympics, FIL World Luge Championships, and FIL European Luge Championships. He was among the first inductees into the International Luge Federation (FIL) Hall of Fame in 2004, along with Klaus Bonsack and Margit Schumann.

Following the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the 17th turn at Cesana Pariol where the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events took place was renamed in his honour.