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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-04-30) 30 April 1983 (age 41) Neuruppin, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.tatjana-huefner.de/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Luge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | RC Blankenburg (1992–1997) WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal (1997–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bernhard Glass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tatjana Hüfner (born 30 April 1983) is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003.
Career
She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Hüfner won eight gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, winning five in the women's singles event (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2017) and three in the mixed team event (2008, 2012, 2017).
She also won two silvers in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (2004, 2006).
Hüfner won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles three times (2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10).
On 2 February 2008 she became the first woman to win five straight FIL Luge World Cup events with her victory at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Altenberg, Germany.
References
- ^ "FIL-Luge profile". Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
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- Tatjana Hüfner hurries from Success to Success. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (2 February 2008 accessed 2 February 2008.)
- FIL-Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 27, 2014)
- Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's luge
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (in German)
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge. (in French)
External links
| World champions in mixed team relay luge | |
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| European champions in mixed team relay luge | |
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Neuruppin
- German female lugers
- Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic lugers for Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in luge
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Potsdam
- 21st-century German sportswomen