Vera Zozula

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Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Lake Placid Women's singles
World Championships
Gold 1978 Imst Women's singles
Silver 1977 Igls Women's singles
Bronze 1981 Hammarstrand Women's singles
European Championships
Gold 1976 Hammarstrand Women's singles
Bronze 1978 Hammarstrand Women's singles

Vera Zozula (born January 15, 1956) is a Latvian-born Soviet luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. As of the 2006 Winter Olympics, she is the only non-German speaking winner of any Winter Olympic luge event.

Zozula also won a complete set of medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1978, a silver in 1977, and a bronze in 1981.

At the FIL European Luge Championships, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1978. She won the overall women's singles Luge World Cup title in 1981-2.

Zozula later became a coach for lugers in the Soviet Union, Latvia, and Poland. She was inducted into the International Luge Federation Hall of Fame in 2006.

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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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European champions in women's singles luge.
1928: Hilde Raupach * 1929: Lotte Embacher * 1934: Hanni Fink * 1935: Hanni Fink * 1937: Titti Maartmann * 1938: Friedel Tietze * 1939: Friedel Tietze * 1951: Karla Kienzel * 1952: Maria Isser * 1953: Maria Isser * 1954: Maria Isser * 1955: Maria Isser * 1956: Elly Lieber * 1962: Irena Pawelczyk * 1967: Christina Schmuck * 1970: Anna-Maria Müller * 1971: Erika Lechner * 1972: Ute Rührold * 1973: Margit Schumann * 1974: Margit Schumann * 1975: Margit Schumann * 1976: Vera Zozula * 1977: Elisabeth Demleitner * 1978: Elisabeth Demleitner * 1979: Melitta Sollmann * 1980: Melitta Sollmann * 1982: Bettina Schmidt * 1984: Hilde Auer * 1986: Cerstin Schmidt * 1988: Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss * 1990: Susi Erdmann * 1992: Susi Erdmann * 1994: Gerda Weissensteiner * 1996: Jana Bode * 1998: Silke Kraushaar * 2000: Sylke Otto * 2002: Sylke Otto * 2004: Silke Kraushaar * 2006: Silke Kraushaar* 2008: Natalie Geisenberger
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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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