Jump to content

Steffi Martin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by KasparBot (talk | contribs) at 00:11, 23 March 2016 (migrating Persondata to Wikidata, please help, see challenges for this article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Steffi Martin
Martin (center) signing autographs at the 1985 World championships in Oberhof, East Germany.
Medal record
Women's Luge
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Sarajevo Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Women's singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Lake Placid Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1985 Oberhof Women's singles
World Cup Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983-84 Women's singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Winterberg Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1986 Hammarstrand Women's singles

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).

References