Bernhard Glass is an East German former luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Glass also won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1979 FIL European Luge Championships in Oberhof, East Germany. After his retirement from luge as an athlete, Glass became a luge coach. Among his famous pupils in luge were Silke Kraushaar, Tatjana H�fner, and David M�ller while others who started in luge, but later went to bobsleigh included Andr� Lange and Sandra Kiriasis. In July 2010, Glass became a coach of the Canadian Luge Association. 

November 6th, 1957 in Stapelburg (Age 66)