Ewald Walch
Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1968 GrenobleMen's doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1960 Garmisch-PartenkirchenMen's doubles
Gold medal – first place1969 KönigsseeMen's doubles
Gold medal – first place1970 KönigsseeMen's doubles
Silver medal – second place1967 HammarstrandMen's doubles
Silver medal – second place1971 OlangMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place1957 DavosMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place1963 ImstMen's doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1962 WeissenbachMen's doubles
Silver medal – second place1971 ImstMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place1970 HammarstrandMen's doubles

Ewald Walch (18 August 1940 – 27 October 2023) was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.[1]

Walch also won seven medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds (1960, 1969, 1970), two silvers (1967, 1971), and two bronzes (1957, 1963). He also won a complete set of medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1962, a silver in 1971, and a bronze in 1970.[2]

Walch died on 27 October 2023, at the age of 83.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ewald Walch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "List of European luge champions". Eiskanal (in German). Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ewald Walch". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 November 2023.


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