- Marie-Louise Rainer
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Medal record Luge World Championships Bronze 1979 Königssee Women's singles European Championships Silver 1980 Olang Women's singles Bronze 1988 Königssee Mixed team Marie-Louise Rainer (sometimes shown as Marie-Luise Rainer) is an Italian luger who competed between the late 1970s and the late 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1979 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany.
Rainer also two medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a silver (Women's singles: 1980) and a bronze (Mixed team: 1988).
Competing in four Winter Olympics, Rainer had her best finish of sixth in the women's singles event at Sarajevo in 1984. She served as race director of the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Rainer's won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles in 1985-6.
References
- Fans of Reality TV information on Rainer's race director role at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. - Accessed June 21, 2007.
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (German)
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
- Olympic finishers in women's single event: 1964-2002 (Italian)
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge (French)
1977-8: Regina König (FRG) * 1978-9: Angelika Schafferer (AUT) * 1979-80: Angelika Schafferer (AUT) * 1980-1: Angelika Schafferer (AUT) * 1981-2: Vera Zozula (URS) * 1982-3: Ute Weiss (GDR) * 1983-4: (tie) Steffi Martin (GDR) & Bettina Schmidt (GDR) * 1984-5: Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) * 1985-6: Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA) * 1986-7: Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) * 1987-8: Yuliya Antipova (URS) * 1988-9: Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR) * 1989-90: Yuliya Antipova (URS) * 1990-1: Susi Erdmann (GER) * 1991-2: Susi Erdmann (GER) * 1992-3: Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) * 1993-4: Gabriele Kohlisch (GER) * 1994-5: Sylke Otto (GER) * 1995-6: Jana Bode (GER) * 1996-7: Andrea Tagwerker (AUT) * 1997-8: Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) * 1998-9: Silke Kraushaar * 1999-2000: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2000-1: Silke Kraushaar (GER) * 2001-2: Silke Kraushaar (GER) * 2002-3: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2003-4: Sylke Otto (GER) * 2004-5: Barbara Niedernhuber (GER) * 2005-6: Silke Kraushaar (GER) * 2006-7: Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (GER) * 2007-8: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) * 2008-9: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) * 2009–10: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) * 2010–11: Tatjana Hüfner (GER)Categories:- Germanophone Italian people
- Italian lugers
- Living people
- Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic lugers of Italy
- Italian luge biography stubs
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