Barbara Niedernhuber
Barbara Niedernhuber (nicknamed Babsi, born 6 June 1974 in Berchtesgaden) is a German luger who competed from 1994 to 2006. She won two silver medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics (1998 (she was beaten by 2 thousandths of a second by her teammate, Silke Kraushaar), 2002). A favorite to make the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was upset at the national championships by Tatjana Hüfner in late 2005.
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Luge | ||
Representing  | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1998 Nagano | Women's singles |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Women's singles |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2004 Nagano | Mixed team |
| 1999 Königssee | Women's singles |
| 2000 St. Moritz | Women's singles |
| 2004 Nagano | Women's singles |
| 2005 Park City | Women's singles |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2001 Calgary | Women's singles |
| 2003 Sigulda | Women's singles |
| World Cup Championships | ||
| 2004-05 | Women's singles |
| 1998–99 | Women's singles |
| 1999-00 | Women's singles |
| 2001-02 | Women's singles |
| 2002-03 | Women's singles |
| 2003-04 | Women's singles |
| European Championships | ||
| 2000 Winterberg | Women's singles |
| 2002 Altenberg | Women's singles |
| 2006 Winterberg | Women's singles |
Niedernhuber also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Mixed team: 2004), four silvers (Women's singles: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005), and two bronzes (Women's singles: 2001, 2003). She also won three bronze medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (2000, 2002, 2006).
Niedernhuber won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles in 2004-5.
Niedernhuber retired abruptly prior to the start of the 2006-07 World Cup season to a bacterial infection in her ankle joint that developed after surgery during the summer of 2006.
Cultural references
- In The Simpsons episode "The Bart of War", Milhouse mentions he feels "like luge silver medalist Barbara Niedernhuber" while riding Flanders' video cart.
References
- BSD news on Niedernhuber's 2006 retirement at the Wayback Machine (archived March 12, 2007) - retrieved June 12, 2007 (in German).
- FIL-Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 10, 2012)
- Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived June 10, 2015)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-06-30)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at Archive.today (archived December 4, 2012)
- List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived March 25, 2008) (in German)
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived February 6, 2008)
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge. at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2007) (in French)
