Photo: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Georg Hackl is my favorite kind of winter-sports legend: utterly dominant yet endearingly human. Three Olympic gold medals and multiple world titles in luge, and still the nation lovingly nicknamed him the Speeding Weiswurst for how he looked rocketing down the ice in his white bodysuit. From the Bavarian mountain town of Berchtesgaden, he turned terrifying speed into something almost charming. There is something I genuinely love about an athlete who pushes the absolute limit of velocity while never losing his sense of humor. His induction into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame feels entirely earned.
Overview
Georg Hackl (born 9 September 1966), often named Hackl Schorsch (German pronunciation: [ˈhakl̩ ʃɔʁʃ] ), is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst, a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Georg Hackl
- Name (Japanese)
- ゲオルク・ハックル
- Reading
- げおるく・はっくる
- Born
- September 9, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Berchtesgaden, Upper Bavaria, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 172 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- luger
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2020 Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
- 1998 German Sportspersonality of the Year
- Bavarian Order of Merit
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.