Karoline Scheimpflug

Karoline Scheimpflug

Medal record
Luge
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1929 Semmering Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Davos Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Imst Women's singles

Karoline ″Lotte″ Scheimpflug (née Embacher, 15 June 1908 – 30 January 1997) was an Austrian (later Italian) luger who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1950s. Born in Innsbruck in June 1908, she won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1929 European luge championships[1] in Semmering, Austria and two bronze medals in the women's singles event at the European championships (1954, 1956). Scheimpflug died in Vienna in January 1997 at the age of 88.

References

  1. ^ List of European luge champions (in German)

Further reading

  • Bert Isatitsch (Ed.): 100 Jahre Rodelsport, Eigenverlag, Liezen 1983, S. 125–129.
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