Oberhof (pps) The International Luge Federation, FIL, takes the occasion of the 39th Europan Luge Championships to implement an institution suggested by Vice President Claire del Negro, USA. The “Hall of Fame“ of luge will admit outstanding athletes after an election by a jury. During the Opening Ceremony at Oberhof, FIL President Josef Fendt will announce the first admissions to this “Hall of Fame”.

Margit Schumann, the 1976 Olympic champion at Innsbruck, Austria, and four-time World champion for the GDR; Klaus Bonsack, 1968 Olympic doubles champion and 1964 Olympic silver medallist in the single, also for the then GDR; and Italy’s Paul Hildgartner, who was joint Olympic doubles champion in 1972 and the 1984 Olympic champion in the single in Sarajevo, have been elected for the “Hall of Fame”.