Angelika Dünhaupt (born 22 December 1946) is a German

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r who competed representing

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during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

in Grenoble, she originally finished sixth in the women's singles event, but was awarded the bronze medal upon the disqualifications of the

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team of Ortrun Enderlein (who finished first),

Anna-Maria Müller Anna-Maria Müller (later Murach, 23 February 1949 – 23 August 2009) was an East German luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. At the pr ...

(second), and

Angela Knösel Angela Knösel (born 29 August 1949) is a German luger who competed for East Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She won two silver medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1970, 1971). At the 196 ...

(fourth) when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated. Dünhaupt also won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee,

References

* * * * Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Women's Singles". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577. 1946 births Living people German female lugers Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in luge Olympic lugers for West Germany West German female lugers Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Lower Saxony People from Goslar {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub