Erika Lechner

Erika Lechner

Personal information
Born	May 28, 1947 (1947-05-28) (age 77) Bolzano, Italy
Medal record Luge Representing Italy Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble Women's singles World Championships 1971 Olang Women's singles European Championships 1971 Imst Women's singles

Erika Lechner (sometimes listed as Erica Lechner, born May 28, 1947 in Bolzano) is an Italian luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished third in the women's singles event behind Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller (both from East Germany), but was awarded the gold medal upon the disqualifications of Enderlein, Müller, and Angela Knösel (who finished fourth) when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated.

Biography

Lechner also won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1971 FIL World Luge Championships in Olang, Italy. She also won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1971 FIL European Luge Championships in Imst, Austria.

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile of Lechner
• Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge
• Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
• List of European luge champions (German)
• SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge (French)
• Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Women's Singles". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577.