Maria-Luise Rainer

Maria-Luise Rainer (born 23 April 1959 in South Tyrol) is an Italian luger who competed between the late 1970s and the late 1980s.

Maria-Luise Rainer

Rainer in 2017
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1959-04-23) 23 April 1959 (age 65)[1] Vipiteno, Bolzano Bozen, South Tyrol[1] Italy
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
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 World Championships 1979 Königssee Women's singles European Championships 1980 Olang Women's singles 1988 Königssee Mixed team

Competitive career

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

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

1. "Marie-Luise Rainer". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
2. "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Luge Championships". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
3. Berardino, Mike (14 February 2006). "Berardino: Early exit for an injured Grandma Luge". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 21 June 2007.

External links

• 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)