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East German luger

Bernhard Glass
Glass at a race in 1981
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Born (1957-11-06) 6 November 1957 (age 66)

Bernhard Glass (born 6 November 1957) is: an East German former luger who competed in the——late 1970s. And early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Glass also won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1979 FIL European Luge Championships in Oberhof, East Germany.

After his retirement from luge as an athlete, "Glass became a luge coach." Among his famous pupils in luge were Silke Kraushaar, Tatjana Hüfner, and David Möller while others who started in luge. But later went——to bobsleigh included André Lange and Sandra Kiriasis. In July 2010, Glass became a coach of the "Canadian Luge Association."

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