Tatjana Hüfner

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| name = Tatjana Hüfner

| image = 2020-01-18 Mascot Ceremony Luge Women's Double (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–019.jpg

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| caption = Hüfner (2020)

| nationality = German

| residence = Oberwiesenthal, Saxony

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1983|4|30}}

| birth_place = Neuruppin, East Germany

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| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| website = http://www.tatjana-huefner.de/

| country = {{GER}}

| sport = Luge

| event = Singles

| club = RC Blankenburg (1992–1997)
WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal (1997–present)

| turnedpro = 2003

| coach = Bernhard Glass

| pb = File:Olympic rings.svg {{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{bronze3}}

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Tatjana Hüfner (born 30 April 1983) is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003.

Career

She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Hüfner won eight gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, winning five in the women's singles event (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2017) and three in the mixed team event (2008, 2012, 2017).

She also won two silvers in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (2004, 2006).

Hüfner won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles three times (2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10).

On 2 February 2008 she became the first woman to win five straight FIL Luge World Cup events with her victory at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Altenberg, Germany.

References

[http://www.fil-luge.org/News-Detail.155.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1201820400&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2505599&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=2&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2787&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=157&cHash=edd577ec57 Tatjana Hüfner hurries from Success to Success.] at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (2 February 2008 accessed 2 February 2008.)
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227025701/http://www.fil-luge.org/filext/athlet/erfolge_en.asp?p_id=100493 |date=February 27, 2014 |title=FIL-Luge profile }}
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150610220058/http://www.fuzilogik.com/Luge/Women-s-Luge-Olympic-Medals.html Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's luge]}}
[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020223004127/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olluge.shtml Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.]
[https://archive.today/20121204165409/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.]
[http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html List of European luge champions] {{in lang|de}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080206094157/http://sports123.com/lug/wwc-s.html List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035935/http://www.sportquick.com/techlist.asp?SearchResult=Envoi&list0=Luge&list1=Championnats%20du%20Monde%20piste%20artificielle&list2=&shot2=T&shot3=Champion SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge.] {{in lang|fr}}