Angelika Schafferer (born 1960) is an
Austria
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luge
A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...
r who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the
1978 FIL World Luge Championships in
Imst,
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
.
Schafferer also competed in three
Winter Olympics
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in women's singles, earning her best finish of seventh at
Lake Placid, New York
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, in
1980
Events January
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* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
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She won the overall women's singles
Luge World Cup
The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation since 1977–78. The World Cup is the highest level season-long competition in the sport.
Men's singles
;Medals:
;World Cup Stages medals ( ...
title three times (1978-9, 1979–80, 1980–1).
References
External links
Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035935/http://www.sportquick.com/techlist.asp?SearchResult=Envoi&list0=Luge&list1=Championnats%20du%20Monde%20piste%20artificielle&list2=&shot2=T&shot3=Champion SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge]
*Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Women's Singles". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577.
1960 births
Living people
Austrian female lugers
Olympic lugers for Austria
Lugers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
20th-century Austrian sportswomen
21st-century Austrian women
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