Ortrun Enderlein at the German Luge Championships, in Oberhof, 14 February 1965
Medal record
Women's luge
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
1964 Innsbruck
Singles
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
Disqualified
1968 Grenoble
Singles
World Championships
1965 Davos
Singles
1967 Hammarstrand
Singles
Ortrun Zöphel-Enderlein (born 1 December 1943) is a former East German (GDR) luger, and one of the most successful lugers in the 1960s. Enderlein started her working career at the SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal, and was first introduced to luge in her home village of Raschau in the Ore Mountains. In the 1964 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, she became the first female luger to win gold at the Olympics.[1][2] and won the World Cup in 1965 in Davos and 1967 in Hammarstrand. The athletic achievements of the lugers Thomas Köhler and Enderlein were celebrated and politicised in the GDR during the Cold War when the GDR was not recognised by West Germany, and athletic events in either part of Germany with athletes from both countries were not permitted because of the Hallstein Doctrine.
The controversial disqualification of Enderlein and two other GDR sportswomen at the 1968 Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, involving the alleged heating of runners before the race start, was believed by GDR officials to be a staged incident against the first official GDR luge team. After her sports career, Enderlein worked as a sales engineer and later presidium member of the Luge and Bobsleigh Association of the GDR and member of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR.
^"Ortrun Enderlein" at Wer War Wer in der DDR?, Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Bundesunmittelbare Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts (in German)
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compatriot OrtrunEnderlein who won the first three races. Geiser took a lot of risks in the last heat and made a big mistake, letting Enderlein win again...
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time. Erika Lechner of Italy won the gold after East German racers OrtrunEnderlein, Anna-Maria Müller and Angela Knösel allegedly heated the runners on...
fourth place upon the disqualifications of the East German team of OrtrunEnderlein (who finished first), Anna-Maria Müller (second), and Angela Knösel...
behind OrtrunEnderlein and Anna-Maria Müller (both from East Germany), but was awarded the gold medal upon the disqualifications of Enderlein, Müller...
silver medal upon the disqualifications of the East German team of OrtrunEnderlein (who finished first), Anna-Maria Müller (second), and Angela Knösel...
Winter Games—are the only lugers with two gold medals in their career. OrtrunEnderlein, representing the United Team of Germany, was the first woman to win...
found in Raschau, a cross that commemorates Dinter, who died in 1839. OrtrunEnderlein (b. 1943), two-time Women's World Champion and first women's Olympic...
Germany, and thus each country's first luge medals. Two East Germans, OrtrunEnderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, led after three runs, but with the fourth run...
Hans Plenk United Team of Germany 3:30.15 Women's singles details OrtrunEnderlein United Team of Germany 3:24.67 Ilse Geisler United Team of Germany...
awarded 8th place upon the disqualifications of the East German team of OrtrunEnderlein (who finished first), Anna-Maria Müller (second), and Angela Knösel...
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank OrtrunEnderlein DSQ – – – – – DSQ – Anna-Maria Müller DSQ – – – – – DSQ – Angela Knösel...
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