Margit Schumann

Margit Schumann

Schumann in 1971.
Personal information
Born	14 September 1952 Waltershausen, Thuringia, East Germany
Medal record Women's Luge Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Women's singles 1972 Sapporo Women's singles World Championships 1973 Oberhof Women's singles 1974 Königssee Women's singles 1975 Hammarstrand Women's singles 1977 Igls Women's singles European Championships 1973 Königssee Women's singles 1974 Imst Women's singles 1975 Olang Women's singles 1977 Königssee Women's singles 1979 Oberhof Women's singles

Margit Schumann (born 14 September 1952 in Waltershausen) is an East German luger who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1972).

Schumann also won four consecutive gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships (1973–75, 1977). Her number of championships would not be matched until Sylke Otto (also German) won it in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2005.

At the FIL European Luge Championships, Schumann won five medals with three golds (1973–1975), one silver (1977), and one bronze (1979).

A sixth place at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid concluded her career as a competitor, and she moved on to study Sports Sciences at the Academy for Physical Culture in Leipzig, in order to become a specialist trainer in sports sledding. She then began work at Oberhof coaching juniors before she became am East German team selector. After this she took a civilian job with the army. Following reunification in 1990 she took a position as a Personnel specialist with the military Sports Promotion group at Oberhof. Later the Military commissariat posted her to their Psychological Section at Zella-Mehlis.

In 2004, Margit Schumann was among the first three inductees into the International Luge Federation (FIL) Hall of Fame, along with Klaus Bonsack and Paul Hildgartner.

References

• FIL-Luge.org January 7, 2004 Hall of Fame induction.
• Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge.
• Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
• List of European luge champions (German)
• SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge (French)