Stefan Krauße

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.

Stefan Krauße

Krauße in 1985
Medal record
Men's Luge
Representing  East Germany
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
	1992 Albertville	Men's doubles
	1998 Nagano	Men's doubles
	1988 Calgary	Men's doubles
	1994 Lillehammer	Men's doubles
World Championships
	1989 Winterberg	Men's doubles
	1991 Winterberg	Men's doubles
	1991 Winterberg	Mixed team
	1993 Calgary	Men's doubles
	1993 Calgary	Mixed team
	1995 Lillehammer	Men's doubles
	1995 Lillehammer	Mixed team
	1989 Winterberg	Mixed team
	1996 Altenberg	Mixed team
	1997 Igls	Men's doubles
	1997 Igls	Mixed team
World Cup Championships
	1993–94	Men's doubles
	1994–95	Men's doubles
	1995–96	Men's doubles
	1988–89	Men's doubles
	1990–91	Men's doubles
	1991–92	Men's doubles
	1992–93	Men's doubles
European Championships
	1996 Sigulda	Men's doubles
	1996 Sigulda	Mixed team
	1998 Oberhof	Men's doubles
	1998 Oberhof	Mixed team
	1990 Igls	Men's doubles
	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

1. "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)

External links

• Stefan Krauße at Olympics.com
• Stefan Krauße at Olympedia