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Place of Birth: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
About Thomas Schwab
- Thomas Schwab (born 20 April 1962 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) is a West German luger who competed in the late 1980s.
- Together with Wolfgang Staudinger he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, representing West Germany. Schwab also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1987 FIL World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria.
- He also won two gold medals at the 1988 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany (Men's doubles and mixed team).
- Schwab won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1986-7.From 1994 to 2008, he was head coach of all male and female lugers of Germany's A-Group, succeeding Josef Lenz at this position.
- Since the 1994 Winter Olympics, his athletes have won a total of 129 medals in the Winter Olympics, world championships, and European championships.
- In February 2008, Schwab was named secretary general and sports director for the German bobsleigh and luge federation (BSD), effective in May.
- He was replaced as head coach of the German luge team by Norbert Loch, father of 2008 men's single world champion Felix.
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