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Ute Oberhoffner ( Weiß, born 15 September 1961 in
2003 speech honoring Oberhoffner
* * * *Kluge, Volker. (2000). ''Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler''. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. * * * 1961 births Living people People from Ilmenau People from Bezirk Suhl German female lugers Sportspeople from Thuringia National People's Army military athletes Olympic lugers of East Germany Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century German women {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub
Ute Oberhoffner ( Weiß, born 15 September 1961 in Ilmenau
Ilmenau () is a town in Thuringia, central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district with a population of 38,600, while the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau is located approximately south of Erfurt and north of Nuremberg w ...
, Bezirk Suhl, sometimes shown as Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss) is an East German luge
A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...
r who competed during the 1980s. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988
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and a bronze in 1984
Events
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Oberhoffner won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning one silver (Mixed team: 1989
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) and three bronzes (1983
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Events January
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, 1987
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, 1989). She won a complete set of medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in the women's singles event (1988
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), and silver in the mixed team event (1988), and a bronze in the women's singles event (1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
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). Oberhoffner also won the overall Luge World Cup
The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation
The International Luge Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL); German: Internationaler Rennrodelverband) is ...
title in women's singles twice (1982-3, 1988-9).
After her career in luge, Oberhoffner became a teacher in her native Ilmenau
Ilmenau () is a town in Thuringia, central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district with a population of 38,600, while the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau is located approximately south of Erfurt and north of Nuremberg w ...
for which she was honored in 2003.
References
2003 speech honoring Oberhoffner
* * * *Kluge, Volker. (2000). ''Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler''. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. * * * 1961 births Living people People from Ilmenau People from Bezirk Suhl German female lugers Sportspeople from Thuringia National People's Army military athletes Olympic lugers of East Germany Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century German women {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub