Regina King

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Regina King Luge
nation Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
birthday
Career
discipline Single seater
status resigned
Placements in the Luge World Cup
 Overall World Cup ES 1. ( 1977/78 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single seater 0 0 1
last change: end of career

Regina König is a former German luge athlete . In the second half of the 1970s she was one of the best female luge athletes in West Germany.

Career

Regina König was initially active as a junior. At the Junior European Championships in 1975 in Oberhof she was 19th and last. Three years later she was fifth in Winterberg .

König achieved her greatest success when she won the overall ranking of the first ever Luge World Cup in the 1977/78 season , although she was only able to achieve a podium finish in Igls behind Andrea Fendt and Elke Djan . Nevertheless, after the four races of the season, she even distanced the two-time season winner Andrea Fendt to second place.

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