Karoline ″Lotte″ Scheimpflug ( Embacher, 15 June 1908 – 30 January 1997) was an Austrian (later Italian) luger who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1950s. Born in

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in June 1908, she won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1929 European luge championshipsList of European luge champions
in

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and two bronze medals in the women's singles event at the

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(

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). Scheimpflug died in

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in January 1997 at the age of 88.

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