Maria Isser

Maria Isser - Reschenauer ( born October 22, 1929 in Matrei am Brenner, † February 25, 2011 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian luger. With two World Cup titles and five European Championships she was the most successful luger 1950s.

Life and career

The Tyrolean Maria Isser comes from a successful luge and Bobfamilie. Her siblings Joseph ( born 1926 ), Paul ( b. 1928 ), Henry ( b. 1928 ), Fritz and Franz Isser (* 1932) were also world-class lugers.

Isser won at the first post-war European Championships 1951 in Igls Karla behind Kienzl and Hilde storm the bronze medal. The following four European Championships (1952 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, 1953 in Cortina d' Ampezzo, 1954 in Davos, 1955 in Clausthal ) they could decide for themselves. 1956, in Imst added another silver medal. In the next and last of their European Championship 1962 in Weissenbach she was twelfth. Maria Isser launched not only in the single-seater, but also in the doubles. With her ​​brother Joseph in 1954 she won the gold medal. Another European Championship medal missed the siblings two years later barely in fourth.

In the first luge World Cup 1955 in Oslo, Maria Karla Isser Kienzl was defeated in single-seater again, even in doubles, she won with her brother Joseph the silver medal. In the second World Championship 1957 in Davos, she won the single-seater for the first time a World Championship gold medal. After she had become in 1958 was only eighth, followed at the World Championships 1959 in Villard -de- Lans and a second place at the World Championships 1960 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, the new title. In 1962, she finished sixth in their last World Cup.

Between 1952 and 1963, Isser was five times Austrian Champion. Three times she had to win the Natural Track (1952, 1957 and 1959 ) and twice on the artificial track (1958 and 1963).

Achievements

  • Oslo 1955: 2 -seater, 2 doubles ( with Josef Isser )
  • Davos 1957: first single-seater, 9 doubles ( with Josef Isser )
  • Krynica 1958: 8 seater
  • Villard -de- Lans 1959: 2 seater
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1960: first single-seater
  • Krynica 1962, 6 seater
  • Igls 1951: 3 seater
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1952: first single-seater
  • Davos 1954: first single-seater, 1 two-seater ( with Josef Isser )
  • Clausthal 1955: first single-seater, 9 doubles ( with Josef Isser )
  • Imst 1956: 2 -seater, 4 doubles ( with Josef Isser )
  • Weissbach 1962: 12 seater
  • Five times Austrian Champion in the single-seater ( natural track in 1952, 1957 and 1959; artificial track in 1958 and 1963)
FIL World Luge Championships FIL World Luge Championships 1955 FIL World Luge Championships 1957 FIL World Luge Championships 1959 FIL World Luge Championships 1960 Fritz Isser FIL World Luge Championships 1958 Villard-de-Lans FIL World Luge Championships 1962 Elly Lieber Elisabeth Nagele Ilse Geisler Ortrun Enderlein Petra Tierlich Barbara Piecha Margit Schumann Melitta Sollmann Steffi Martin Cerstin Schmidt Jana Bode Sonja Wiedemann Sylke Otto Erin Hamlin Natalie Geisenberger FIL European Luge Championships Anna Skoda Hilde Raupach Christina Schmuck Bettina Schmidt Monika Auer Wilhelm Adolf Walter Feist Martin Tietze Paul Aste Ewald Walch Josef Feistmantl Reinhard Bredow Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger Jochen Pietzsch Norbert Huber Jan Behrendt Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Peter Penz Georg Fischler Toni Eggert
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