Maria-Luise Rainer (born 23 April 1959 in South Tyrol) is an Italian luger who competed between the late 1970s and the late 1980s.
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 1959[1] Vipiteno, Bolzano Bozen, South Tyrol[1] Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport |  Luge | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Singles | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals |  1976–1988 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Olympics: 6th, 1984 (2:49.138) World Cup (overall): 1st, Women's singles, 1985–86 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Competitive career edit
Rainer won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1979 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany.[2] In addition, she won two medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a silver (women's singles, 1980) and a bronze (mixed team, 1988). Rainer also won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles in the 1985–86 season.
Competing in four Winter Olympics (1976–1988), Rainer had her best finish of sixth in the women's singles event at Sarajevo in 1984.[1]
Later career edit
Later in her career, Rainer served as race director of the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.[3] Rainer has had a lengthy career with the International Luge Federation (FIL), serving as Senior Technical Director at FIL World Cup and World Championship competitions throughout Europe and North America.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Marie-Luise Rainer". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Luge Championships". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Berardino, Mike (14 February 2006). "Berardino: Early exit for an injured Grandma Luge". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
External links edit
- Maria Luise Rainer at Olympics.com
- Maria Luise Rainer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton (hickoksports.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-05-29)
- List of European luge champions (eiskanal.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-25) (in German)
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
- Olympic finishers in women's single event: 1964-2002 (torino2006.coni.it) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-05-11) (in Italian)
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge (sportquick.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-27) (in French)
- Fans of Reality TV (fansofrealitytv.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-28)