Marie-Louise Rainer (sometimes shown as Marie-Luise Rainer) is an Italian

Italy

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 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 between the late 1970s and the late 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1979 FIL World Luge Championships

FIL World Luge Championships 1979

The FIL World Luge Championships 1979 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fourth time. Königssee had hosted the event previously in 1969, 1970, and 1974...

 in Königssee

Schönau am Königsee

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, West Germany

West Germany

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Rainer also two medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a silver (Women's singles: 1980

FIL European Luge Championships 1980

The FIL European Luge Championships 1980 took place in Olang, Italy for the second time after previously hosting the event in 1975. It also marked the last time the championships would be hosted in consecutive years, a tradition started in 1970...

) and a bronze (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...

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Competing in four Winter Olympics, Rainer had her best finish of sixth in the women's singles event at Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

 in 1984

1984 Winter Olympics

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. She served as race director of the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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 in Turin

Turin

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Rainer's won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles in 1985-6.