Elly Lieber (7 October 1932 in Aussee – 1 August 2020 in Bad Aussee) was an

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r who competed in the late 1950s. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1959 FIL World Luge Championships in

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. Lieber also won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1956 European luge championships in

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List of European luge champions
1932 births 2020 deaths Austrian female lugers People from Liezen District Sportspeople from Styria 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women {{Austria-luge-bio-stub