Karoline Scheimpflug

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.

Karoline Scheimpflug

Medal record
Luge
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1929 SemmeringWomen's singles
Bronze medal – third place1954 DavosWomen's singles
Bronze medal – third place1956 ImstWomen's singles

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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