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{{short description|East German luger (born 1963)}}
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{{MedalGold|[[FIL World Luge Championships 1987|1987 Igls]]|Men's doubles}}
{{MedalGold|[[FIL World Luge Championships 1990|1990 Calgary]]|Mixed team}}
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{{MedalGold|[[FIL European Luge Championships 1990|1990 Igls]]|Men's doubles}}
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'''Jochen Pietzsch''' (born 1 December 1963 in [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt]]) is a former [[East Germany|East German]] [[luge]]r who competed during the mid-1980s. Together with [[Jörg Hoffmann (luger)|Jörg Hoffmann]], he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a gold in [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] and a bronze in [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984]].

Pietzsch also found great success at the [[FIL World Luge Championships]] with a total of six medals, including four gold (Men's doubles: [[FIL World Luge Championships 1983|1983]], [[FIL World Luge Championships 1985|1985]], [[FIL World Luge Championships 1987|1987]]; Mixed team: [[FIL World Luge Championships 1990|1990]]) and two bronzes (Men's doubles: [[FIL World Luge Championships 1989|1989]], 1990). He also won three medals at the [[FIL European Luge Championships]] with two golds (Men's doubles and mixed team: both [[FIL European Luge Championships 1990|1990]]) and one silver (Men's doubles: [[FIL European Luge Championships 1986|1986]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=List of European luge champions|url=http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html|website=Eiskanal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325014953/http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html|archive-date=25 March 2008|access-date=8 February 2015|url-status=dead|language=de}}</ref>

Pietzsch won the overall [[List of Luge World Cup champions|Luge World Cup]] title in men's doubles in 1983–84. He married cross-country skier [[Kerstin Mohring]].<ref name="SR profile">{{Cite sports-reference |title = Jochen Pietzsch |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jochen-pietzsch-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jochen-pietzsch-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 16 February 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
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*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083037/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PIETZJOC01 |title=DatabaseOlympics.com information on Pietszch. |date=29 September 2007}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221081843/http://www.fuzilogik.com/Sports-Library/Luge/Men-s-Luge-Olympic-Medals.html |title=Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge |date=21 February 2010}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630054011/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olluge.shtml |title=Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. |date=30 June 2007}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20121204165409/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml |title=Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. |date=4 December 2012}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206094147/http://sports123.com/lug/mwc-d.html |title=List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. |date=6 February 2008}}

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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Halle (Saale)]]
[[Category:Lugers from Saxony-Anhalt]]
[[Category:German male lugers]]
[[Category:Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in luge]]
[[Category:National People's Army sportspeople]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century German sportsmen]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Halle]]


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