Ute Oberhoffner

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Ute Oberhoffner
Oberhoffner in 1985.
Medal record
Women's Luge
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo Women's singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Winterberg Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Lake Placid Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Igls Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Winterberg Women's singles
World Cup Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982-83 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1988-89 Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1984-85 Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1983-84 Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1985-86 Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Königssee Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1988 Königssee Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Hammarstrand Women's singles
Ute Oberhoffner (left) and Steffi Martin (1984)
Ute Oberhoffner (left), Birgit Görlitzer and Cerstin Schmidt (right) in Oberhofen (18 October 1986)

Ute Oberhoffner (

Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984
.

Oberhoffner won four medals at the

Luge World Cup
title in women's singles twice (1982-3, 1988–9).

After her career in luge, Oberhoffner became a teacher in her native Ilmenau for which she was honored in 2003.

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