Maria Isser

{{Short description|Austrian luger (1929–2011)}}

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{{MedalSport|Luge}}

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{{MedalGold|1957 Davos|Women's singles}}

{{MedalGold|1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|Women's singles}}

{{MedalSilver|1955 Oslo|Women's singles}}

{{MedalSilver|1955 Oslo|Doubles}}

{{MedalSilver|1959 Villard-de-Lans|Women's singles}}

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{{MedalGold|1952 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|Women's singles}}

{{MedalGold|1953 Cortina d'Ampezzo|Women's singles}}

{{MedalGold|1954 Davos|Women's singles}}

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{{MedalGold|1955 Hahnenklee|Women's singles}}

{{MedalSilver|1956 Imst|Women's singles}}

{{MedalBronze|1951 Igls|Women's singles}}

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Maria Isser (22 October 1929 in Matrei am Brenner – 25 February 2011 in Innsbruck[http://www.tiroler-rodelverband.at/index.php/Rennrodeln_Kunstbahn.html tiroler-rodelverband] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321103132/http://www.tiroler-rodelverband.at/index.php/Rennrodeln_Kunstbahn.html |date=21 March 2011 }} (German) retrieved 3 April 2011) was an Austrian luger who competed during the early 1950s and early 1960s. She won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Women's singles: 1957, 1960) and three silvers (Women's singles: 1955, 1959; Doubles: 1955).

At the European championships, Isser won six medals in the women's singles event and one in the doubles event. This included five straight golds (Women's singles:1952–1955, Doubles: 1954), one silver (Women's singles: 1956), and one bronze (Women's singles: 1951). Maria's European gold in the doubles event in 1954 with her brother Josef was the first time a woman ever won a medal in a doubles event at a World Championships, Winter Olympics, or European Championships until the debut of a mixed team event at both the European and World Championships in the late 1980s. Next year Maria and Josef finished at 2nd place in the doubles event at the 1955 World Championships. In the 1958 World Championships, the silver and bronze pairs from Poland included one woman each.