Name Angelika Neuner | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics - Women's Singles, Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics - Women's Singles Similar People Barbara Niedernhuber, Silke Kraushaar‑Pielach, Susi Erdmann | ||
Angelika Neuner (born December 23, 1969) is an Austrian luger who competed from 1987 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a silver in 1992 and a bronze in 1998. Her younger sister, Doris, won the gold medal in the same event at Albertville in 1992.
Neuner also won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including two gold (Mixed team: 1996, 1997), one silver (Mixed team: 1993), and three bronzes (Women's singles: 1997, Mixed team: 1995, 2000).
She won five medals at the FIL European Luge Championships, earning them in 1992 (silver: Mixed team), 1996 (silver: Mixed team, bronze: Women's singles), 1998 (bronze: Mixed team) and 2002 (bronze: Mixed team).
Neuner's best finish in the overall Luge World Cup was second in 1996-7.
She carried the Austrian flag during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.