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Ulrich Hahn

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Ulrich Hahn

Hahn at the 1975 GDR championships
Medal record
Luge
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Königssee Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Hammarstrand Men's doubles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Königssee Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1978 Hammarstrand Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1980 Olang Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Olang Men's doubles

Ulrich Hahn (born 5 November 1955 in Elbingerode) is an East German luger who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. He won two gold medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1974, 1981).

He also won four medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with three silvers (1973, 1978, 1980) and one bronze (1975).

Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the men's doubles event at Lake Placid, New York, in 1980.

As of 2007, Hahn is track manager of the bobsled, luge, and skeleton track in Altenberg, Germany.

His wife, Christine Scheiblich, won the gold medal in the women's single sculls at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.

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