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Andrea Tagwerker

Andrea Tagwerker

Austrian luger

Andrea Tagwerker (born 23 October 1970) is an Austrian luger who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Tagwerker was the last non-German to win a women's single event in luge in 1997 at the Luge World Cup, Winter Olympic, World Championship, or European Championship level.

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Tagwerker also won three gold medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1996, 1997, 1999) as well as silver medal in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships 1991. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a silver in 1998 and a bronze in 1996 as well as four medals in the mixed team event with two silvers in 1992 and 1996, and two bronzes in 1994 and 1998.

Tagwerker was also overall Luge World Cup champion in women's singles in 1996–7.

References

  • 1988 luge women's singles results
  • 1992 luge women's singles results
  • 1994 luge women's singles results
  • 1998 luge women's singles results
  • "Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

"Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton". Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2007-06-12.


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