Steffi Martin
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Steffi Martin (later as Steffi Walter, born 17 September 1962, Bad Schlema, Saxony) is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won gold medals in the women's singles event, first at Sarajevo in 1984 under her maiden name Martin, then became the first woman to repeat as Olympic champion at Calgary in 1988 under her married name Walter.
Martin also won two gold medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1983, 1985). She also won two silver medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1982, 1986).
Martin was overall Luge World Cup champion in women's singles in 1983-4 (shared with fellow East German Bettina Schmidt).
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References
- Great Olympians
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions Template:De icon
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge Template:Fr icon
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Erzgebirgskreis
- Sportspeople from Saxony
- German lugers
- Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic lugers of East Germany
- Olympic medalists in luge
- Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Female lugers
- German luge biography stubs
- German Winter Olympic medalist stubs