Steffi Martin (later as Steffi Walter, born 17 September 1962, Bad Schlema

Bad Schlema

Bad Schlema is a community in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony in Germany and belongs to the Silberberg Town League . Through town runs the Silver Road...

, Saxony

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

) is an East German 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 during the 1980s. She won gold medals in the women's singles event, first 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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 under her maiden name Martin, then became the first woman to repeat as Olympic champion at Calgary

Calgary

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 in 1988

1988 Winter Olympics

The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...

 under her married name Walter.

Martin also won two gold medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1983

FIL World Luge Championships 1983

The FIL World Luge Championships 1983 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States. It marked the first time that the championships took place outside of Europe.-Men's singles:...

, 1985

FIL World Luge Championships 1985

The FIL World Luge Championships 1985 took place in Oberhof, East Germany for the second time, having done so previously in 1973.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

). She also won two silver medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1982

FIL European Luge Championships 1982

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

, 1986

FIL European Luge Championships 1986

The FIL European Luge Championships 1986 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the fourth time after hosting the event previously in 1970, 1976, and 1978...

).

Martin was overall Luge World Cup champion in women's singles in 1983-4 (shared with fellow East German Bettina Schmidt

Bettina Schmidt

Bettina Schmidt is an East German luger who competed during the mid 1980s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo....

).