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Susi Erdmann

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Susi-Lisa Erdmann, later known as Susi Plankensteiner, is an East German and later German luger and bobsledder born on January 29, 1968 in Blankenburg, in the Bezirk Magdeburg. She competed in luge from 1977 to 1998 and in bobsleigh from 1999. Taking part in five Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles luge event, a bronze in 1992 and a silver in 1994, and a bronze at the inaugural two-woman bobsleigh event in 2002. She is one of only two people to have won a medal in both bobsleigh and luge at the Winter Olympics, the other being Gerda Weissensteiner of Italy.

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1968 1
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is an East German-German luger and bobsledder
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    the women's singles luge event
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    born 29 January 1968
  • Lead, first sentence [nationality]
    is an East German-German luger and bobsledder
  • Plays: Bobsleigh, Lead, first sentence
    then since 1999 in bobsleigh
  • Competed In: 1992 Winter Olympics, Lead, luge medals
    a silver in 1994 and a bronze in 1992
  • Competed In: 1994 Winter Olympics, Lead, luge medals
    a silver in 1994 and a bronze in 1992
  • Competed In: 2002 Winter Olympics, Lead, bobsleigh medal
    a bronze at the inaugural two-women bobsleigh event in 2002
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