Maria-Luise Rainer (born 23 April 1959 in
South Tyrol) is an Italian
luge
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r who competed between the late 1970s and the late 1980s.
Competitive career
Rainer won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the
1979 FIL World Luge Championships in
Königssee,
West Germany. In addition, she won two medals at the
FIL European Luge Championships with a silver (women's singles,
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
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) and a bronze (mixed team,
1988
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). Rainer also won the overall
Luge World Cup
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The International Luge Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL); German: Internationaler Rennrodelverband) is ...
title in women's singles in the 1985–86 season.
Competing in four
Winter Olympics (1976–1988), Rainer had her best finish of sixth in the women's singles event at
Sarajevo in
1984
Events
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Later career
Later in her career, Rainer served as race director of the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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in Torino.
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Italian lugers
Italian female lugers
Living people
Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Italy
1959 births
Sportspeople from Sterzing