Bettina Schmidt

East German luger (1960–2019)
Bettina Schmidt
Schmidt in 1984
Medal record
Women's Luge
Representing German Democratic Republic
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sarajevo Women's singles
World Cup Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983-84 Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1979-80 Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Winterberg Women's singles

Bettina Schmidt (2 June 1960 – 28 April 2019) was an East German luger who competed during the mid-1980s. She was born in Staßfurt, Saxony-Anhalt. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Schmidt also won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1982 FIL European Luge Championships in Winterberg, West Germany. She tied for the overall Luge World Cup championship in women's singles in 1983–4 with fellow East German Steffi Martin.

References

  • Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2015)
  • Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007)
  • Kluge, Volker. (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (in German)
  • List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 March 2008) (in German)
  • List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 February 2008)
  • Bettina Schmidt's obituary (in German)

External links

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