Walter Plaikner (born 24 October 1951 in Kiens, South Tyrol) is an Italian former luger and coach of Austrian descent[citation needed] who competed in...

Plaikner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Michael Plaikner, Italian luger of Austrian origin Walter Plaikner (born 1951)...

of the first run. Italy, whose doubles team of Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner won the first run, protested to event officials the results should...

teams in the top three of the doubles event. Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner of Italy were the only non-East German athletes to win a luge medal...

Medal Athlete Time Gold  Italy (Paul Hildgartner, Walter Plaikner) Silver  Austria (Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch) Bronze  Poland (Tadeusz Radwan, Janusz...

Medal Athlete Time Gold  Italy (Paul Hildgartner, Walter Plaikner) Silver  East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn) Bronze  Poland (Roman Hurej, Józef Pietrończyk)...

Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow) and an Italian pair (Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner), who finished with exactly the same time. To prevent similar situations...

of the first run. Italy, whose doubles team of Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner won the first run, protested to event officials the results should...

Hörnlein Reinhard Bredlow  East Germany 1971 Olang Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner  Italy Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch  Austria Horst Hörnlein Reinhard...

Medal Athlete Time Gold  Italy (Paul Hildgartner, Walter Plaikner) Silver  Austria (Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch) Bronze  East Germany (Horst Hömlein,...

Germany (GDR) Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow  Italy (ITA) Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner None awarded  East Germany (GDR) Klaus-Michael Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler...

Germany (GDR) Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow  Italy (ITA) Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner 1:28.35  East Germany (GDR) Klaus Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler 1:29.16...

Gold  East Germany (Horst Hömlein, Reinhard Bredlow) Silver  East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn) Bronze  Italy (Paul Hildgartner, Walter Plaikner)...

Olympics, however he was not selected by the Italian team's head coach Walter Plaikner, and retired at the end of the season. Huber also won seven medals...

 Austria Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch  Austria 1971 Imst Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner  Italy Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch  Austria Tadeusz Radwan Janusz Krawczyk...

Żyła Jan Kasielski  Poland 43.748 43.989 1:27.737 11 Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner  Italy 43.781 44.058 1:27.839 12 Mirosław Więckowski Andrzej Kozik...

Gustavo Thoeni Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom  Gold Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner Luge Men's doubles  Silver Gustavo Thoeni Alpine skiing Men's slalom...

medal in the men's doubles event (shared with the Italian pairing of Walter Plaikner and Paul Hildgartner) at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Bredow...

Germany (GDR) Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow  Italy (ITA) Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner Not awarded as there was a tie for gold.  East Germany (GDR) Klaus-Michael...

men's doubles event (shared with the Italians Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner) at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Hörnlein also won five medals...

Rank Time Rank Time Rank Karl Feichter Ernst Haspinger 43.853 12 43.318 5 1:27.121 7 Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner 43.781 11 44.058 12 1:27.839 11...

 Austria 1977 Seis am Schlern R. Jud Erich Graber  Italy Johann Mair Michael Plaikner  Italy Hubert Mairamhof J. Pioner  Italy 1978 Aurach Werner Mücke Helmut...