Barbara Niedernhuber

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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Silver	1998 Nagano	Women's singles
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Women's singles
World Championships
Gold	2004 Nagano	Mixed team
Silver	1999 Königssee	Women's singles
Silver	2000 St. Moritz	Women's singles
Silver	2004 Nagano	Women's singles
Silver	2005 Park City	Women's singles
Bronze	2001 Calgary	Women's singles
Bronze	2003 Sigulda	Women's singles
European Championships
Bronze	2000 Winterberg	Women's singles
Bronze	2002 Altenberg	Women's singles
Bronze	2006 Winterberg	Women's singles

Barbara Niedernhuber (nicknamed Babsi, born on June 6, 1974) is a German luger who competed from 1994 to 2006. She won two silver medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics (1998, 2002). A favorite to make the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was upset at the national championships by Tatjana Hüfner in late 2005.

Niedernhuber also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Mixed team: 2004), four silvers (Women's singles: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005), and two bronzes (Women's singles: 2001, 2003). She also won three bronze medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (2000, 2002, 2006).

Niedernhuber won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles in 2004-5.

Niedernhuber retired abruptly prior to the start of the 2006-07 World Cup season to a bacterial infection in her ankle joint that developed after surgery during the summer of 2006.

[edit] References

BSD news on Niedernhuber's 2006 retirement - retrieved June 12, 2007 (German).
FIL-Luge profile
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)
List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge. (French)
Winter Olympic results - women's luge: 1964-2006.

v • d • e World champions in mixed team relay luge.

Six per team	1989: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber, & Norbert Huber * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, Thomas Jacob, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1991: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Susi Erdmann, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1993: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1995: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1996: Austria - Markus Prock, Markus Schmidt, Angelika Neuner, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 1997: Austria - Markus Prock, Gerhard Gleirscher, Andrea Tagwerker, Angelika Neuner, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl

Four per team	1999: Austria - Markus Prock, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2001: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2003: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2004: Germany - David Möller, Barbara Niedernhuber, Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2005: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, André Florschütz, & Torsten Wustlich * 2007: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch

Four per team as relay	2008: Germany - Felix Loch, Tatjana Hüfner, André Florschütz, & Torsten Wustlich