# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-plaikner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:47:26.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-plaikner"
name: "Walter Plaikner"
slug: "walter-plaikner"
description: "Walter Plaikner is an Italian former luger and coach who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a doubles specialist, and competed alongside Paul Hildgartner. They won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Plaikner also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he finished 11th in the doubles after suffering from a severe bout of flu. He retired from competition after the Games."
tagline: "Italian luger"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
birthDate: "1951-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump