Ute Oberhoffner

Ute Oberhoffner (née Weiß, born 15 September 1961 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl, sometimes shown as Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss) is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984.

Ute Oberhoffner

Oberhoffner in 1985.

Medal record Women's Luge Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1988 Calgary Women's singles 1984 Sarajevo Women's singles World Championships 1989 Winterberg Mixed team 1983 Lake Placid Women's singles 1987 Igls Women's singles 1989 Winterberg Women's singles World Cup Championships 1982-83 Women's singles 1988-89 Women's singles 1984-85 Women's singles 1983-84 Women's singles 1985-86 Women's singles European Championships 1988 Königssee Women's singles 1988 Königssee Mixed team 1986 Hammarstrand Women's singles

Ute Oberhoffner (left) and Steffi Martin (1984)

Ute Oberhoffner (left), Birgit Görlitzer and Cerstin Schmidt (right) in Oberhofen (18 October 1986)

Oberhoffner won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning one silver (Mixed team: 1989) and three bronzes (1983, 1987, 1989). She won a complete set of medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in the women's singles event (1988), and silver in the mixed team event (1988), and a bronze in the women's singles event (1986). Oberhoffner also won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1982-3, 1988-9).

After her career in luge, Oberhoffner became a teacher in her native Ilmenau for which she was honored in 2003.