- Maria Isser
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Medal record Luge World Championships Gold 1957 Davos Women's singles Gold 1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Women's singles Silver 1955 Oslo Women's singles Silver 1955 Oslo Men's doubles Silver 1959 Villard-de-Lans Women's singles European Championships Gold 1952 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Women's singles Gold 1953 Cortina d'Ampezzo Women's singles Gold 1954 Davos Women's singles Gold 1955 Hahnenklee Women's singles Silver 1956 Imst Women's singles Bronze 1951 Igls Women's singles Maria Isser (22 October 1929 - 2011[1]) was an Austrian luger who competed during the early 1950s and early 1960s. She won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Women's singles: 1957, 1960) and three silvers (Women's singles: 1955, 1959; Men's doubles: 1955). Her silver in the men's doubles event in 1955 with her brother Josef was the first time a woman ever won a medal in a men's event at a World Championships, Winter Olympics, or European Championships until the debut of a mixed team event at both the European and World Championships in the late 1980s. In the 1958 World Championships, the silver and bronze pairs from Poland included one woman each.
At the European championships, Isser won six medals in the women's singles event. This included four straight golds (1952-1955), one silver (1956), and one bronze (1951).
References
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (German)
- ^ tiroler-rodelverband (German) retrieved 3rd April 2011
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)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)Categories:- Austrian lugers
- 1929 births
- 2011 deaths
- Austrian luge biography stubs
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