Sylke Otto

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Women's luge
Olympic medal record
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	Singles
Gold	2006 Turin	Singles

Sylke Otto (born July 7, 1969 in Chemnitz) is a former German luge champion. She won the singles luge gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Otto won the World Championships in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005, and the European Championships in 2000 and 2002. Otto has also finished in the top three of the World Cup standings every year from 1999 to 2006, and has won the overall points title four times in total. She has won a record 37 World Cup races in total.

[edit] Retirement

She retired from the sport on 12 January 2007 due to pregnacy. It was also due to a crash suffered at Königssee, Germany the previous week followed by watching the crash of Russia's Albert Demtschenko at Oberhof, Germany that same week. Otto had initially planned on retiring at the World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria (Located southeast of Innsbruck) in February, but her and Demtschenko's accident changed that.

Sport: Luge

Event(s): Singles

Birthdate: October 10, 1970

Birthplace: Chemnitz, East Germany

Residence: Zirndorf, Germany

HT./WT.: 5'7" / 136 lbs

Olympics: 1992, 2002, 2006