Tatjana Hüfner

Tatjana Hüfner is a German retired luger, born on 30 April 1983, who competed from 2003. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. At the FIL World Luge Championships she won eight gold medals, five in the women's singles in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2017 and three in the mixed team event in 2008, 2012 and 2017, and she took two silvers in the women's singles at the European Championships in 2004 and 2006. She won the overall World Cup in women's singles three times, in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, and on 2 February 2008 became the first woman to win five straight World Cup events, at the Altenberg track.