Angelika Schafferer (born 1960) is an

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r 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 Imst,

. 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

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. 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.
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