Angelika Neuner

Angelika Neuner
Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
1992 Albertville Women's singles
1998 Nagano Women's singles
World Championships
1996 Altenberg Mixed team
1997 Igls Mixed team
1993 Calgary Mixed team
1995 Lillehammer Mixed team
1997 Igls Women's singles
2000 St. Moritz Mixed team
European Championships
1996 Sigulda Women's singles
2002 Altenberg Mixed team

Angelika Neuner (born December 23, 1969) is an Austrian luger who competed from 1987 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a silver in 1992 and a bronze in 1998. Her younger sister, Doris, won the gold medal in the same event at Albertville in 1992.

Neuner also won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including two gold (Mixed team: 1996, 1997), one silver (Mixed team: 1993), and three bronzes (Women's singles: 1997, Mixed team: 1995, 2000).

She won two bronze medals at the FIL European Luge Championships, earning them in 1996 (Women's singles) and 2002 (Mixed team).

Neuner's best finish in the overall Luge World Cup was second in 1996-7.

She carried the Austrian flag during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

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