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Medal record 
Ortrun Enderlein in 1964.Women's Luge Competitor for 
East GermanyOlympic Games Gold 1964 Innsbruck Women's singles Disqualified 1968 Grenoble Women's singles World Championships Gold 1965 Davos Women's singles Gold 1967 Hammarstrand Women's singles Ortrun Enderlein (born 1 December 1943, Langenbernsdorf, Saxony) is an East German luger who competed in the 1960s. She was born in Werdau. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the following Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she initially finished first after the competition was halted to three runs due to bad weather, but was disqualified with her East German teammates Anna-Maria Müller and Angela Knösel (who was fourth) when it was discovered that they had illegally heated their runners (which are used to guide the luge on the ice as it maneuvers down the track). Enderlein and Müller, who was second at the time, were stripped of their respective medals as a result.
Enderlein also won two gold medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1965, 1967).
Afterwards, Endlerin served on the East German National Olympic Committee from 1969 to 1990.
References
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- Kluge, Volker. (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (German)
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge (French)
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Women's Singles". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577.
Olympic champions in women's singles luge. 1964: Ortrun Enderlein (EUA) * 1968: Erika Lechner (ITA) * 1972: Anna-Maria Müller (GDR) * 1976: Margit Schumann (GDR) * 1980: Vera Zozula (URS) * 1984: Steffi Martin (GDR) * 1988: Steffi Walter (GDR) * 1992: Doris Neuner (AUT) * 1994: Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) * 1998: Silke Kraushaar (GER) * 2002: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2006: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2010: Tatjana Hüfner (GER)1955: Karla Kienzl (AUT) * 1957: Maria Isser (AUT) * 1958: Maria Semczyszak (POL) * 1959: Elly Lieber (AUT) * 1960: Maria Isser (AUT) * 1961: Elisabeth Nagele (SUI) * 1962: Ilse Geisler (GDR) * 1963: Ilse Geisler (GDR) * 1965: Ortrun Enderlein (GDR) * 1967: Ortrun Enderlein (GDR) * 1969: Petra Tierlich (GDR) * 1970: Barbara Piecha (POL) * 1971: Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG) * 1973: Margit Schumann (GDR) * 1974: Margit Schumann (GDR) * 1975: Margit Schumann (GDR) * 1977: Margit Schumann (GDR) * 1978: Vera Zozula (URS) * 1979: Melitta Sollmann (GDR) * 1981: Melitta Sollmann (GDR) * 1983: Steffi Martin (GDR) * 1985: Steffi Martin (GDR) * 1987: Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) * 1989: Susi Erdmann (GDR) * 1990: Gabriele Kohlisch (GDR) * 1991: Susi Erdmann (GER) * 1993: Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) * 1995: Gabriele Kohlisch (GER) * 1996: Jana Bode (GER) * 1997: Susi Erdmann (GER) * 1999: Sonja Wiedemann (GER) * 2000: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2001: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2003: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2004: Silke Kraushaar (GER) * 2005: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2007: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) * 2008: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) * 2009: Erin Hamlin (USA) * 2011: Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
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