Bettina Schmidt

Bettina Schmidt ( born June 2, 1960 in Staßfurt ) is no longer active luger.

Bettina Schmidt grew up in a sports-loving family in Eisenach, her father was a successful handball coach. They even tried first as a swimmer and chest putter, but was discovered in 1974 for the luge. The following year she was second in the children 's and young people of the GDR, which they eventually won in 1977. At the European Championships in 1978 Schmidt took only silver in order to then be European Junior Champion. In 1981, she was beaten only their club mate from ASK forward Oberhof, Melitta target man at the World Championships in Hammarstrand. In 1982 the winning the European Championship, in 1983 a fourth place at the World Cup. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo Bettina Schmidt won the silver medal behind Steffi Martin ( also GDR ).

Schmidt was the first Olympian from Eisenach. After her career, the former lieutenant of the NVA studied sports. After the turn she opened a shop in Eisenach and was practice leader at ThSV Eisenach. Currently, she successfully trained for several years lugers of the North Rhine -Westphalian Bobsleigh and Luge Federation - as Madeleine Teuber was 2005 Junior World Champion. She lives with her ​​husband in Eisenach. Together they have two children.