Georg Hackl

Georg Hackl is a German former luger who won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in men's singles, at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Games.

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1992 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Albertville, France, from 8 to 23 February 1992. Hackl won his first men's singles Olympic gold at these Games.
Luge: A winter sliding sport in which athletes race feet-first on small sleds down an ice track. Hackl's Olympic event was the sport's men's singles discipline.
Josef Lenz: A German luge coach associated with the development of elite German sliders. Lenz coached Hackl during part of his international career.
Three consecutive Olympic gold medals: A sequence of gold medals won in the same Olympic event at three successive editions of the Games. Hackl achieved this sequence in men's singles luge from 1992 through 1998.
1994 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 27 February 1994. Hackl defended his Olympic singles title in Lillehammer.
Luge sled: A small, steerable sled used by one or two athletes in luge racing. Sled setup affects speed, and Hackl was known for close attention to equipment.
Markus Prock: An Austrian luger who won Olympic medals and multiple world titles in men's singles. Prock was a leading contemporary rival in Hackl's event.
Olympic records: Best performances and achievements recorded across the history of the Olympic Games. His three-peat is a landmark in the history of Olympic luge.
1998 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998. His third consecutive singles gold came at Nagano.
Luge track: An artificial ice course with banked curves on which luge athletes race. Precise line choice on each track was central to Hackl's racing.