Anna Orlova (born 23 August 1972 in

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) is a retired

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r who competed at six Winter Olympics between 1992 and 2010. She won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2003 FIL World Luge Championships in

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and finished fourth in the women's singles event at those same championships. Orlova also won two medals in the mixed team event at the

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with a gold in

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and a bronze in

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. She had her best individual finish in the

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of sixth in

. Her best finish at the Winter Olympics was seventh in the women's singles event at

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. She came eleventh in the same event in

. She is one of three Latvians to compete in at least six Olympic Games. The others are biathlete

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(also six Winter Olympics) and shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins (eight summer Olympics). She is the first athlete to compete in Luge at six Olympic Games (Italian

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competed at four Olympics in Luge and two in Bobsleigh).

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Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
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Latvian Olympic Committee Profiles on the 2010 Latvian team

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* * * * 1972 births Latvian female lugers Living people Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Latvia Sportspeople from Riga {{Latvia-luge-bio-stub

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