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5 unusual facts about Gerda Weissensteiner


Carl-Erik Eriksson

The only other bobsledder to compete at six Olympics is Italian Gerda Weissensteiner, although only two of her six appearances were in Bobsleigh (the other four were luge).

Gerda Weissensteiner

She finished seventh in the 2-woman bobsleigh (with the former biker Antonella Bellutti, gold medalist in cycling) at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Her best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup championship was third twice in the two-woman event.

Weissensteiner won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1992-3, 1997-8).

Susi Erdmann

She is one of only two people to ever win a medal in both bobsleigh and luge at the Winter Olympics (Italy's Gerda Weissensteiner is the other.).



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