Ilse Geisler
Ilse Geisler (later Vorsprach and since divorced, born 10 January 1941) is an East German luger who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's luge | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1964 Innsbruck | Women's singles |
Representing  East Germany | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1962 Krynica | Women's singles |
| 1963 Imst | Women's singles |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1965 Davos | Women's singles |
She was born in Kunnersdorf. Geisler also won three medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (1962, 1963) and one bronze (1965).
References
- Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2015)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at Archive.today (archived 4 December 2012)
- Kluge, Volker. (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (in German)
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2007) (in French)
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