Melitta Sollmann

Melitta Sollmann
Medal record
Center
Melitta Sollmann in 1981.
Women's Luge
Competitor for  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver 1980 Lake Placid Women's singles
World Championships
Gold 1979 Königssee Women's singles
Gold 1981 Hammarstrand Women's singles
Silver 1983 Lake Placid Women's singles
European Championships
Gold 1979 Oberhof Women's singles
Gold 1980 Olang Women's singles
Bronze 1982 Winterberg Women's singles

Melitta Sollmann (born 20 August 1958 in Gotha, Thuringia) is an East German luger who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Sollmann also won three medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (1979, 1981) and one silver (1983). She also won three medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with two golds (1979, 1980) and one bronze (1982).

Sollmann's best overall Luge World Cup finish was third in 1982-3.

References

v · World champions in women's singles luge.
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)
v · European champions in women's singles luge.
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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