Tatjana Hüfner (born 30 April 1983) is a German retired
luge
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r who has competed since 2003.
Career
She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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and the gold medal at the
2010 Winter Olympics
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Vancouver
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Hüfner won eight gold medals at the
FIL World Luge Championships, winning five in the women's singles event (
2007
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2008
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2011
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2012
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2017
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) and three in the mixed team event (2008, 2012, 2017).
She also won two silvers in the women's singles event at the
FIL European Luge Championships (
2004
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Events January
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,
2006
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).
Hüfner won the overall
Luge World Cup
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title in women's singles three times (
2007–08,
2008–09,
2009–10).
On 2 February 2008 she became the first woman to win five straight FIL Luge World Cup events with her victory at the
bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in
Altenberg, Germany.
References
Tatjana Hüfner hurries from Success to Success.at the
Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (2 February 2008 accessed 2 February 2008.)
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Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's lugeHickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.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.]
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Neuruppin
German female lugers
Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers of Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in luge
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics