Christa jewelry
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nation | BR Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | January 26, 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Salt mountain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 165 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Single seater | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | RC Berchtesgaden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: January 14, 2012 |
Christa Schmuck (born January 26, 1944 in Salzberg ) is a former German luge athlete who started for RC Berchtesgaden .
The four-time German luge champion (1966, 1968, 1969, 1970) Christa Schmuck celebrated her greatest success by winning the European Championship in 1967 in Königssee . She benefited from the absence of the GDR athletes around Ortrun Enderlein and Petra Tierlich , who were unable to take part in the race due to the Hallstein doctrine and had dominated the world championships in Hammarstrand a few days earlier . Schmuck finished fifth in the 1967 World Cup, almost 2 seconds behind world champion Ortrun Enderlein.
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble , she profited from the controversial disqualification of the tobogganers Ortrun Enderlein (1st place), Anna-Maria Müller (2) and Angela Knösel (4) from the GDR, who were subject to unauthorized heating of their runners (" Kufenskandal ") was accused. Behind Erika Lechner from Italy, she finished second after three races. She had her medal auctioned in 2010.
For winning the silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on November 27, 1968.
Other top positions in international championships were third place at the 1969 World Championships and second place at the 1970 World Championships in Königssee. At the World Championships in 1971 in Olang she reached eighth place, at the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo, at the end of her career, she finished 10th.
Web links
- Christa Schmuck in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 56.
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SURNAME | Jewelry, Christa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German toboggan runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Salt mountain |