Melitta Sollmann

East German luger (born 1958)
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Melitta Sollmann
Melitta Sollmann in 1981.
Medal record
Women's Luge
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Lake Placid Women's singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Königssee Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Hammarstrand Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1983 Lake Placid Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Oberhof Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1980 Olang Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Winterberg Women's singles

Melitta Sollmann (born 20 August 1958 in Gotha, Thuringia) is an East German luger who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Sollmann also won three medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (1979, 1981) and one silver (1983). She also won three medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with two golds (1979, 1980) and one bronze (1982).

Sollmann's best overall Luge World Cup finish was third in 1982-3.

References

  • 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.
  • Kluge, Volker. (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (in German)
  • 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)
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