Steffi Martin

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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Gold 1984 Sarajevo Women's singles
Gold 1988 Calgary Women's singles
World Championships
Gold 1983 Lake Placid Women's singles
Gold 1985 Oberhof Women's singles
European Championships
Silver 1982 Winterberg Women's singles
Silver 1986 Hammarstrand Women's singles

Steffi Martin (later as Steffi Walter, born September 17, 1962) is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won gold medals in the women's singles event, first at Sarajevo in 1984 under her maiden name Martin, then became the first woman to repeat as Olympic champion at Calgary in 1988 under her married name Walter.

Martin also won two gold medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1983, 1985). She also won two silver medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1982, 1986).

Martin was overall Luge World Cup champion in women's singles in 1983-4 (shared with fellow East German Bettina Schmidt).

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Olympic champions in women's singles luge.
1964: Ortrun Enderlein * 1968: Erika Lechner * 1972: Anna-Maria Müller * 1976: Margit Schumann * 1980: Vera Zozula * 1984: Steffi Martin * 1988: Steffi Walter * 1992: Doris Neuner * 1994: Gerda Weissensteiner * 1998: Silke Kraushaar * 2002: Sylke Otto * 2006: Sylke Otto
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World champions in women's singles luge.
1955: Karla Kienzel * 1957: Maria Isser * 1958: Maria Semczyszak * 1959: Elly Lieber * 1960: Maria Isser * 1961: Elisabeth Nagele * 1962: Ilse Geisler * 1963: Ilse Geisler * 1965: Ortrun Enderlein * 1967: Ortrun Enderlein * 1969: Petra Tierlich * 1970: Barbara Piecha * 1971: Elisabeth Demleitner * 1973: Margit Schumann * 1974: Margit Schumann * 1975: Margit Schumann * 1977: Margit Schumann * 1978: Vera Zozula * 1979: Melitta Sollmann * 1981: Melitta Sollmann * 1983: Steffi Martin * 1985: Steffi Martin * 1987: Cerstin Schmidt * 1989: Susi Erdmann * 1990: Gabriele Kohlisch * 1991: Susi Erdmann * 1993: Gerda Weissensteiner * 1995: Gabriele Kohlisch * 1996: Jana Bode * 1997: Susi Erdmann * 1999: Sonja Wiedemann * 2000: Sylke Otto * 2001: Sylke Otto * 2003: Sylke Otto * 2004: Silke Kraushaar * 2005: Sylke Otto * 2007: Tatjana Hüfner * 2008: Tatjana Hüfner
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World Cup champions in women's singles luge
1977-8: Regina König * 1978-9: Angelika Schafferer * 1979-80: Angelika Schafferer * 1980-1: Angelika Schafferer * 1981-2: Vera Zozula * 1982-3: Ute Weiss * 1983-4: (tie) Steffi Martin & Bettina Schmidt * 1984-5: Cerstin Schmidt * 1985-6: Marie-Louise Rainer * 1986-7: Cerstin Schmidt * 1987-8: Yuliya Antipova * 1988-9: Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss * 1989-90: Yuliya Antipova * 1990-1: Susi Erdmann * 1991-2: Susi Erdmann * 1992-3: Gerda Weissensteiner * 1993-4: Gabriele Kohlisch * 1994-5: Sylke Otto * 1995-6: Jana Bode * 1996-7: Andrea Tagwerker * 1997-8: Gerda Weissensteiner * 1998-9: Silke Kraushaar * 1999-2000: Sylke Otto * 2000-1: Silke Kraushaar * 2001-2: Silke Kraushaar * 2002-3: Sylke Otto * 2003-4: Sylke Otto * 2004-5: Barbara Niedernhuber * 2005-6: Silke Kraushaar * 2006-7: Silke Kraushaar-Pielach * 2007-8: Tatjana Hüfner
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