Ewald Walch

Ewald Walch
Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
1968 GrenobleMen's doubles
World Championships
1960 Garmisch-PartenkirchenMen's doubles
1969 KönigsseeMen's doubles
1970 KönigsseeMen's doubles
1967 HammarstrandMen's doubles
1971 OlangMen's doubles
1957 DavosMen's doubles
1963 ImstMen's doubles
European Championships
1962 WeissenbachMen's doubles
1971 ImstMen's doubles
1970 HammarstrandMen's doubles

Ewald Walch (18 August 1940 – 27 October 2023) was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.

Walch also won seven medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds (1960, 1969, 1970), two silvers (1967, 1971), and two bronzes (1957, 1963). He also won a complete set of medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1962, a silver in 1971, and a bronze in 1970.

Walch died on 27 October 2023, at the age of 83.

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