Rudi Thanner

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRudolf "Rudi"•Thanner
Used nameRudi•Thanner
Born20 August 1944 in Füssen, Bayern (GER)
Died9 August 2007 in Füssen, Bayern (GER)
Measurements180 cm / 78 kg
AffiliationsEV Füssen, Füssen (GER)
NOC West Germany
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

A defenseman who played for 15 years (1963-78) with EV Füssen, Rudi Thanner won six German Championships (1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1973). He also played 430 Bundesliga matches, scoring 73 goals, and earned 118 international caps, participating in two B and six A World Championships, in addition to his Winter Olympics appearances in 1968, 1972, and 1976. Thanner later made his living as the tourism manager of the Landkreis Ostallgäu.

Between 1984 and 2002 he was a member of the town parliament in his hometown of Füssen and was a local politician. He was best known for his work building the ski jumps at Füssen. In 1989 he was inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1968 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) FRG Rudi Thanner
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) West Germany 7
1972 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) FRG Rudi Thanner
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) West Germany 7
1976 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) FRG Rudi Thanner
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) West Germany 3 Bronze