Stefan Krauße (born 17 September 1967 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl) is a former East German luger who competed from the mid-1980s to 1998. Together with Jan Behrendt he won two Olympic gold medals (1992, 1998), one silver medal (1988) and one bronze (1994) in men's doubles.
.jpg) Krauße in 1985 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Luge | ||
Representing  East Germany
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Representing  Germany
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1992 Albertville | Men's doubles |
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1998 Nagano | Men's doubles |
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1988 Calgary | Men's doubles |
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1994 Lillehammer | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
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1989 Winterberg | Men's doubles |
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1991 Winterberg | Men's doubles |
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1991 Winterberg | Mixed team |
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1993 Calgary | Men's doubles |
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1993 Calgary | Mixed team |
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1995 Lillehammer | Men's doubles |
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1995 Lillehammer | Mixed team |
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1989 Winterberg | Mixed team |
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1996 Altenberg | Mixed team |
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1997 Igls | Men's doubles |
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1997 Igls | Mixed team |
| World Cup Championships | ||
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1993–94 | Men's doubles |
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1994–95 | Men's doubles |
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1995–96 | Men's doubles |
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1988–89 | Men's doubles |
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1990–91 | Men's doubles |
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1991–92 | Men's doubles |
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1992–93 | Men's doubles |
| European Championships | ||
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1996 Sigulda | Men's doubles |
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1996 Sigulda | Mixed team |
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1998 Oberhof | Men's doubles |
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1998 Oberhof | Mixed team |
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1990 Igls | Men's doubles |
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1992 Winterberg | Men's doubles |
In addition, they won eleven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with seven golds (Men's doubles: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995; Mixed team: 1991, 1993, 1995) and four silvers (Men's doubles: 1997, Mixed team: 1989, 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, they won a total of six medals with four golds (Men's doubles: 1996, 1998; Mixed team: 1996, 1998) and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1990, 1992).[1]
They won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title three times (1993-4, 1994–5, 1995–6).
Behrendt and Krauße retired after the 1998 Olympics. The same year they were proclaimed honorary citizens of Ilmenau.
References
edit- ^ "List of European luge champions". Eiskanal (in German). Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- Stefan Krauße at databaseOlympics.com[dead link]
- Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 February 2010)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions luge and skeleton. at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 23 February 2002)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 4 December 2012)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 February 2008)
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