Ute Oberhoffner

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Ute Oberhoffner

Ute Oberhoffner (née Weiß, born 15 September 1961 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl, sometimes shown as Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss) is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984.

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Ute Oberhoffner
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Oberhoffner in 1985.
Medal record
Women's Luge
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1988 CalgaryWomen's singles
1984 SarajevoWomen's singles
World Championships
1989 WinterbergMixed team
1983 Lake PlacidWomen's singles
1987 IglsWomen's singles
1989 WinterbergWomen's singles
World Cup Championships
1982-83Women's singles
1988-89Women's singles
1984-85Women's singles
1983-84Women's singles
1985-86Women's singles
European Championships
1988 KönigsseeWomen's singles
1988 KönigsseeMixed team
1986 HammarstrandWomen's singles
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Ute Oberhoffner (left) and Steffi Martin (1984)
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Ute Oberhoffner (left), Birgit Görlitzer and Cerstin Schmidt (right) in Oberhofen (18 October 1986)

Oberhoffner won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning one silver (Mixed team: 1989) and three bronzes (1983, 1987, 1989). She won a complete set of medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in the women's singles event (1988), and silver in the mixed team event (1988), and a bronze in the women's singles event (1986). Oberhoffner also won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1982-3, 1988–9).

After her career in luge, Oberhoffner became a teacher in her native Ilmenau for which she was honored in 2003.

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