page_title: Cerstin Schmidt
hierarchical_section_title: Cerstin Schmidt
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Cerstin Schmidt, Birgit Görlitzer, Ute Oberhoffner ADN-ZB Schaar 18.10.1986-Oberhof: Rennschlitten-Für die Rennschlittensportler der DDR begann auf der traditionellen Oberhofer Bahn die neue Saison. Bei den Damen siegte Cerstin Schmidt vor Birgit Görlitzer und Ute Oberhoffner (v.r.n.l.).
context_page_description: Cerstin Schmidt is an East German luger who competed during the mid to late 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
  Schmidt also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold and two silvers as well as four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold, one silver and two bronzes.
  Schmidt won the overall Luge World Cup title in the women's singles twice.
context_section_description: Cerstin Schmidt (born 5 March 1963 in Zwickau, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt) is an East German luger who competed during the mid to late 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
  Schmidt also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (1987) and two silvers (1981, 1985) as well as four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold (Women's singles: 1986), one silver (Mixed team: 1988) and two bronzes (Women's singles: 1984, 1988).
  Schmidt won the overall Luge World Cup title in the women's singles twice (1984/5, 1986/7).
caption: Ute Oberhoffner (left), Birgit Görlitzer and Cerstin Schmidt (right) in Oberhofen, October 18, 1986
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