- Christina Schmuck
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Medal record Women's Luge Competitor for 
West GermanyOlympic Games Silver 1968 Grenoble Women's singles World Championships Silver 1970 Königssee Women's singles Bronze 1969 Königssee Women's singles European Championships Gold 1967 Königssee Women's singles Bronze 1970 Hammarstrand Women's singles Christina Schmuck (sometimes listed as Christa Schmuck, born 26 January 1944) is a West German luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished fifth in the women's singles event, but was awarded the silver medal upon the disqualifications of the East German team of Ortrun Enderlein (who finished first), Anna-Maria Müller (second), and Angela Knösel (fourth) when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated.
Schmuck also won two medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 1970 and a bronze in 1969. Both championships took place in Königssee, West Germany.
She also won two medals the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1967 and a bronze in 1970.
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.
- List of European luge champions (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.
1914: Anna Skoda (BOH) • 1928: Hilde Raupach (GER) • 1929: Lotte Embacher (GER) • 1934: Hanni Fink (TCH) • 1935: Hanni Fink (TCH) • 1937: Titti Maartmann (NOR) • 1938: Friedel Tietze (GER) • 1939: Friedel Tietze (GER) • 1951: Karla Kienzl (AUT) • 1952: Maria Isser (AUT) • 1953: Maria Isser (AUT) • 1954: Maria Isser (AUT) • 1955: Maria Isser (AUT) • 1956: Elly Lieber (AUT) • 1962: Irena Pawełczyk (POL) • 1967: Christina Schmuck (FRG) • 1970: Anna-Maria Müller (GDR) • 1971: Erika Lechner (ITA) • 1972: Ute Rührold (GDR) • 1973: Margit Schumann (GDR) • 1974: Margit Schumann (GDR) • 1975: Margit Schumann (GDR) • 1976: Vera Zozula (URS) • 1977: Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG) • 1978: Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG) • 1979: Melitta Sollmann (GDR) • 1980: Melitta Sollmann (GDR) • 1982: Bettina Schmidt (GDR) • 1984: Monika Auer (ITA) • 1986: Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) • 1988: Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR) • 1990: Susi Erdmann (GDR) • 1992: Susi Erdmann (GER) • 1994: Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) • 1996: Jana Bode (GER) • 1998: Silke Kraushaar (GER) • 2000: Sylke Otto (GER) • 2002: Sylke Otto (GER) • 2004: Silke Kraushaar (GER) • 2006: Silke Kraushaar (GER) • 2008: Natalie Geisenberger (GER) • 2010: Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)
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