Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and together with Jennifer Isacco she won the bronze in Turin in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was the first Italian sportsperson to win Olympic medals in two disciplines.
Silke Kraushaar-Pielach is a German luger who competed from 1995 to 2008. In June 2008, she was named sports manager for the luge section of Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland.
Tatjana Hüfner is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003.
Oswald Haselrieder OMRI is an Italian former luger who competed internationally from 1988 to 2010. He achieved success at junior level, taking two bronze medals in singles and a gold in doubles at the World Junior Championships, the latter achieved in partnership with Dietmar Pierhofer. Haselrider and Pierhofer continued to compete together until 1995, when they split up and Haselrieder joined forces with Gerhard Plankensteiner. Haselrieder went on to win the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin after competing in three previous Winter Olympic Games: in 1992 in the singles event and in doubles in 1998 and 2002. He went on to compete in a fifth Olympics in 2010: he retired soon afterwards after sustaining an injury in training in March of that year.
Erich Graber was an Italian luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. A natural track luger, he won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships.
Anton Blasbichler was an Italian luger who has competed since 1989. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds, one silver, and three bronzes.
Roswitha Fischer was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A natural track luger, she won two bronze medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships.
Christa Fontana was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A natural track luger, she won a silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1980 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Passeier, Italy.
Herta Hafner was an Italian luger who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. A natural track luger, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1982 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Feld am See, Austria.
Irmgard Lanthaler was an Italian luger who competed in the mid-1980s. A natural track luger, she won two medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships.
Helga Pichler was an Italian luger who competed in the mid-1980s. A natural track luger, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1986 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Fénis-Aosta, Italy.
Jeanette Koppensteiner was an Austrian luger who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A natural track luger, she won the women's singles gold medal at the 1990 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Gsies, Italy.
Doris Haselrieder was an Italian luger who competed in the early to mid-1990s. A natural track luger, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1994 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Gsies, Italy.
Christa Gietl is an Italian luger who has competed since 1994. A natural track luger, she won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1998 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Rautavaara, Finland.
Sonja Steinacher is a luger from Verdings/Klausen in South Tyrol who has competed for Italy since 1995. A natural track luger, she won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four medals in women's singles and a gold in the mixed team event (2003).
Renate Gietl is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. A natural track luger, she won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a four medals in women's singles ; Silver: 2001, Bronze: 2005) and five medals in the mixed team event.
Imelda Gruber is an Italian luger who has competed since the mid-2000s. A natural track luger, she won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 2006 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships in Umhausen, Austria.
Erika Lechner is an Italian luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished third in the women's singles event behind Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, but was awarded the gold medal upon the disqualifications of Enderlein, Müller, and Angela Knösel when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated.
Barbara Niedernhuber is a German luger who competed from 1994 to 2006. She won two silver medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics. A favorite to make the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was upset at the national championships by Tatjana Hüfner in late 2005.
Renate Kasslatter is an Italian luger who has competed since 2000. A natural track luger, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 2009 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Moos, Italy.
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