Ute Oberhoffner

Ute Oberhoffner (née Weiß, born 15 September 1961 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl, sometimes shown as Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss) is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984.

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Oberhoffner won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning one silver (Mixed team: 1989) and three bronzes (1983, 1987, 1989). She won a complete set of medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in the women's singles event (1988), and silver in the mixed team event (1988), and a bronze in the women's singles event (1986). Oberhoffner also won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1982-3, 1988–9).

After her career in luge, Oberhoffner became a teacher in her native Ilmenau for which she was honored in 2003.

2003 speech honoring Oberhoffner (in German)
Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2015)
Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007)
Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 May 2007)
Kluge, Volker. (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (in German)
List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 March 2008) (in German)
List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 February 2008)
SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2007) (in French)

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