Researching Cerstin Schmidt
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Records of Cerstin Schmidt on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Cerstin Schmidt and the Schmidt Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Cerstin Schmidt
Cerstin Schmidt
Cerstin Schmidt (born 5 March 1963 in Zwickau, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt) is an East German luger who competed during the mid to late 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Schmidt also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (1987) and two silvers (1981, 1985) as well as four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold (Women's singles: 1986), one silver (Mixed team: 1988) and two bronzes (Women's singles: 1984, 1988).
Schmidt won the overall Luge World Cup title in the women's singles twice (1984/5, 1986/7).
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