Anja Huber (born 20 May 1983 in

Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps. South of the town, the Be ...

) is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. She earned two gold medals at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in

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, winning them in women's skeleton and the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event. Huber finished eighth in the women's skeleton event at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

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and earned a bronze medal at the

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. Huber won the women's overall Skeleton World Cup in 2010–11 season.

References

2006 women's skeleton results
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* * * * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Berchtesgaden German female skeleton racers Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in skeleton Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics 21st-century German sportswomen {{Skeleton-bio-stub