Cerstin Schmidt (born 5 March 1963 in Zwickau

Zwickau

Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...

, Saxony

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

) is an East German luge

Luge

A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...

r who competed during the mid to late 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics

1988 Winter Olympics

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 in Calgary

Calgary

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.

Schmidt also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (1987

FIL World Luge Championships 1987

The FIL World Luge Championships 1987 took place in Igls, Austria for the second time, having done so previously in 1977.-Men's singles:Prock wins Austria's first medal at the world championships since 1978.-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:...

) and two silvers (1981

FIL World Luge Championships 1981

The FIL World Luge Championships 1981 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time. Hammarstrand had hosted the event previously in 1967 and 1975...

, 1985

FIL World Luge Championships 1985

The FIL World Luge Championships 1985 took place in Oberhof, East Germany for the second time, having done so previously in 1973.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

). She also won four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold (Women's singles: 1986

FIL European Luge Championships 1986

The FIL European Luge Championships 1986 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the fourth time after hosting the event previously in 1970, 1976, and 1978...

), one silver (Mixed team: 1988

FIL European Luge Championships 1988

The FIL European Luge Championships 1988 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fifth time after hosting the event previously in 1967, 1972, 1973, and 1977...

), and two bronzes (Women's singles: 1984

FIL European Luge Championships 1984

The FIL European Luge Championships 1984 took place in Olang, Italy for the third time after hosting the event previously in 1975 and 1980.-Men's singles:Haspinger earned his third straight bronze medal in this event at the championships.-Women's singles:...

, 1988).

Schmidt won the overall Luge World Cup title in the women's singles twice (1984-5, 1986-7).