Angelika Schafferer (born 1960) is an

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n luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1978 FIL World Luge Championships in

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. Schafferer also competed in three

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in women's singles, earning her best finish of seventh at

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in 1980. She won the overall women's singles

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title three times (1978-9, 1979–80, 1980–1).

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Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035935/http://www.sportquick.com/techlist.asp?SearchResult=Envoi&list0=Luge&list1=Championnats%20du%20Monde%20piste%20artificielle&list2=&shot2=T&shot3=Champion SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge] *Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Women's Singles". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577. 1960 births Living people Austrian female lugers Olympic lugers of Austria Lugers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women {{Austria-luge-bio-stub