Christina Hengster (born 4 February 1986) is an Austrian

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der who has competed since 2004. Her best

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finish was 2nd in the two-woman event in Park City, Utah, United States, in January 2016. Hengster's best finish at the

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was 17th in the two-woman event at

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, in

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. She competed for Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics and

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IBSF profile

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Austrian female bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Austria Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics 21st-century Austrian sportswomen {{Austria-bobsleigh-bio-stub