Erika Lechner

Olympic athlete

1947 –

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Who is Erika Lechner?

Erika Lechner is an Italian luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished third in the women's singles event behind Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, but was awarded the gold medal upon the disqualifications of Enderlein, Müller, and Angela Knösel when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated.

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Born
May 28, 1947
Bolzano
Also known as
  • Erica Lechner
Nationality
  • Italy

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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