Ute Oberhoffner
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Ute Oberhoffner (née Weiß, born 15 September 1961 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl, sometimes shown as Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss) is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984.
Oberhoffner won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning one silver (Mixed team: 1989) and three bronzes (1983, 1987, 1989). She won a complete set of medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in the women's singles event (1988), and silver in the mixed team event (1988), and a bronze in the women's singles event (1986). Oberhoffner also won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1982-3, 1988–9).
After her career in luge, Oberhoffner became a teacher in her native Ilmenau for which she was honored in 2003.
References
- 2003 speech honoring Oberhoffner (in German)
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2015)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 May 2007)
- Kluge, Volker. (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (in German)
- List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 March 2008) (in German)
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 February 2008)
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2007) (in French)
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- 1914: Anna Skoda (BOH)
- 1928: Hilde Raupach (GER)
- 1929: Lotte Embacher (AUT)
- 1934: Hanni Fink (TCH)
- 1935: Hanni Fink (TCH)
- 1937: Titti Maartmann (NOR)
- 1938: Friedel Tietze (GER)
- 1939: Friedel Tietze (GER)
- 1951: Karla Kienzl (AUT)
- 1952: Maria Isser (AUT)
- 1953: Maria Isser (AUT)
- 1954: Maria Isser (AUT)
- 1955: Maria Isser (AUT)
- 1956: Elly Lieber (AUT)
- 1962: Irena Pawełczyk (POL)
- 1967: Christina Schmuck (FRG)
- 1970: Anna-Maria Müller (GDR)
- 1971: Erika Lechner (ITA)
- 1972: Ute Rührold (GDR)
- 1973: Margit Schumann (GDR)
- 1974: Margit Schumann (GDR)
- 1975: Margit Schumann (GDR)
- 1976: Vera Zozula (URS)
- 1977: Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG)
- 1978: Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG)
- 1979: Melitta Sollmann (GDR)
- 1980: Melitta Sollmann (GDR)
- 1982: Bettina Schmidt (GDR)
- 1984: Monika Auer (ITA)
- 1986: Cerstin Schmidt (GDR)
- 1988: Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR)
- 1990: Susi Erdmann (GDR)
- 1992: Susi Erdmann (GER)
- 1994: Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA)
- 1996: Jana Bode (GER)
- 1998: Silke Kraushaar (GER)
- 2000: Sylke Otto (GER)
- 2002: Sylke Otto (GER)
- 2004: Silke Kraushaar (GER)
- 2006: Silke Kraushaar (GER)
- 2008: Natalie Geisenberger (GER)
- 2010: Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)
- 2012: Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)
- 2013: Natalie Geisenberger (GER)
- 2014: Natalia Khoreva (RUS)
- 2015: Dajana Eitberger (GER)
- 2016: Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
- 2017: Natalie Geisenberger (GER)
- 2018: Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)
- 2019: Natalie Geisenberger (GER)
- 2020: Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)
- 2021: Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)
- 2022: Natalie Geisenberger (GER)
- 2023: Anna Berreiter (GER)
- 2024: Madeleine Egle (AUT)
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