Stefan Krauße
Stefan Krauße (born 17 September 1967 in Ilmenau, Thuringia) is an East German-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.
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 five medals with three golds (Men's doubles: 1996, 1998; Mixed team: 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.
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- 1989: Italy
- 1990: East Germany
- 1991: Germany
- 1993: Germany
- 1995: Germany
- 1996: Austria
- 1997: Austria
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- 1999: Austria
- 2000: Germany
- 2001: Germany
- 2003: Germany
- 2004: Germany
- 2005: Germany
- 2007: Germany
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- 2008: Germany
- 2009: Germany
- 2011: Cancelled
- 2012: Germany
- 2013: Germany
- 2015: Germany
- 2016: Germany
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- 1988: West Germany
- 1990: East Germany
- 1992: Germany
- 1994: Italy
- 1996: Germany
- 1998: Germany
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- 2000: Germany
- 2002: Germany
- 2004: Germany
- 2006: Germany
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- 2008: Latvia
- 2010: Latvia
- 2012: Russia
- 2014: Russia
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