Andrea Tagwerker (born 23 October 1970) is an

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n luger who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in four

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, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles luge event at the

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in Lillehammer. Tagwerker was the last non-

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to win a women's single event in luge in 1997 at the Luge World Cup,

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, or European Championship level. Tagwerker also won three gold medals in the mixed team event at the

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( 1996,

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) as well as silver medal in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships 1991. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the

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with a silver in

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and a bronze in 1996 as well as four medals in the mixed team event with two silvers in 1992 and 1996, and two bronzes in

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and 1998. Tagwerker was also overall Luge World Cup champion in women's singles in 1996–7.

References

1988 luge women's singles results
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