Susi Erdmann

Erdmann at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Susi-Lisa Erdmann
Born	(1968-01-29) 29 January 1968 (age 56) Blankenburg, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany
Sport
Country	East Germany  Germany
Sport	Luge Bobsleigh
Event(s)	Women's singles Mixed team Two-woman
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Medal record Women's luge Representing  East Germany Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Women's singles 1992 Albertville Women's singles World Championships 1989 Winterberg Women's singles 1990 Calgary Mixed team 1991 Winterberg Women's singles 1991 Winterberg Mixed team 1993 Calgary Mixed team 1995 Lillehammer Mixed team 1997 Igls Women's singles 1989 Winterberg Mixed team 1995 Lillehammer Women's singles 1996 Altenberg Women's singles World Cup Championships 1990–91 Women's singles 1991–92 Women's singles 1987–88 Women's singles 1993–94 Women's singles European Championships 1990 Igls Women's singles 1990 Igls Mixed team 1992 Winterberg Women's singles 1992 Winterberg Mixed team 1996 Sigulda Mixed team 1998 Oberhof Mixed team 1998 Oberhof Women's singles Women's bobsleigh Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Two-woman World Championships 2003 Winterberg Two-woman 2004 Königssee Two-woman 2001 Calgary Two-woman World Cup Championships 2001–02 Two-woman 2002–03 Two-woman 2003–04 Two-woman 2004–05 Two-woman European Championships 2006 St. Moritz Two-woman

Susi-Lisa Erdmann (later Plankensteiner, born 29 January 1968) is an East German-German luger and bobsledder who competed from 1977 to 1998 in luge, then since 1999 in bobsleigh. She was born in Blankenburg, Bezirk Magdeburg. Competing in five Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles luge event with a silver in 1994 and a bronze in 1992, and a bronze at the inaugural two-women bobsleigh event in 2002. She is one of only two people to ever win a medal in both bobsleigh and luge at the Winter Olympics; Italy's Gerda Weissensteiner is the other.

Luge career

Beside the Olympics in luge, Erdmann won ten medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including seven golds (Women's singles: 1989, 1991, 1997; Mixed team: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995) and three silvers (Women's singles: 1995, 1996; Mixed team: 1989). She also won seven medals at the FIL European Luge Championships, including six golds (Women's singles: 1990, 1992; Mixed team: 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998) and one bronze (Women's singles: 1998). Erdmann won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1990–91, 1991–92).

Bobsleigh career

Erdmann switched to bobsleigh in 1998, competing both at the Winter Olympics and the FIBT World Championships. She won three medals in the two-woman event at the World Championships, with two gold (2003, 2004) and one bronze (2001). Erdmann also won the overall two-woman Bobsleigh World Cup championships for the 2001-2 and 2002-3 seasons. Her coach was Wolfgang Hoppe, who won several medals in bobsleigh during the 1980s and 1990s when he competed for both the East Germans and the Germans following 1990 reunification.

Other activities

Erdmann is a soldier in the rank of a Hauptfeldwebel and has been stationed in Munich. It was announced on 7 September 2009 FIL website that Erdmann had married Italian luger Gerhard Plankensteiner on 28 August 2009. Plankensteiner won a bronze in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and gold in the same event at the 2009 world championships in Lake Placid.

Bobsleigh career highlights