Susi Erdmann

Susi Erdmann (sometimes shown as Susi-Lisa Erdmann, born January 29, 1968) is an East German-German luger and bobsledder who competed from 1977 to 1998 in luge, then since 1999 in bobsleigh. Competing in five Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles luge event with a silver in 1994 and a bronze in 1992, and a bronze at the inaugural two-women bobsleigh event in 2002. She is one of only two people to ever win a medal in both bobsleigh and luge at the Winter Olympics (Italy's Gerda Weissensteiner is the other.).

Luge career

Beside the Olympics in luge, Erdmann won ten medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including seven golds (Women's singles: 1989, 1991, 1997; Mixed team: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995) and three silvers (Women's singles: 1995, 1996; Mixed team: 1989). She also won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships, including five golds (Women's singles: 1990, 1992; Mixed team: 1990, 1992, 1998) and one bronze (Women's singles: 1998). Erdmann won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1990-1, 1991-2).

Bobsleigh career

Erdmann switched to bobsleigh in 1998, competing both at the Winter Olympics and the FIBT World Championships. She won three medals in the two-woman event at the World Championships, with two gold (2003, 2004) and one bronze (2001). Erdmann also won the overall two-woman Bobsleigh World Cup championships for the 2001-2 and 2002-3 seasons. Her coach was Wolfgang Hoppe, who won several medals in bobsleigh during the 1980s and 1990s when he competed for both the East Germans and the Germans following 1990 reunification.

Other activities

Known for doing modeling on the side, Erdmann created some controversy when nude pictures of her appeared in the German edition of "Playboy" in February 2004 which caused her to lose sponsorship. She has also been linked to dating fellow German bobsledder Christoph Langen.

References

* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1998w/Luge_Women_Singles.html 1998 luge women's singles results]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/wo-2.html Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/ww-2.html Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000]
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100224&nat=GER&sport=BS&sex=W&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile (As Susi-Lisa Erdmann)]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olluge.shtml Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534961/bio IMDB profile]
* [http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html List of European luge champions] de icon
* [http://sports123.com/bob/wwc-2.html List of two-woman bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1995]
* [http://sports123.com/lug/wwc-s.html List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.]
* [http://www.susi-erdmann.de Official website] de icon
* [http://www.vol.at/news/tp:vol:sport-topshots/artikel/topshot-susi-erdmann/cn/vol-news-cprugger-20040111-082712 Picture of Erdmann] de icon
* [http://www.fuzilogik.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=105 Winter Olympic results - women's luge: 1964-2006] .