Christa Luding-Rothenburger ( Rothenburger, born 4 December 1959) is a former German speed skater and track cyclist. She was born in Weißwasser, East Germany. Luding is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and the first female to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Games. She is the only athlete to win Winter and Summer Olympic medals in the same year (1988),
In 1988, she earned the distinction of being the only athlete to win Summer and Winter Olympic medals in the same year. It also made her the first woman, and the third athlete overall, to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. At the Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she won the gold medal in the 1000 m speed skating event and silver in the 500 m. Seven months later, she won the silver medal in the (1000 m) sprint in track cycling at the Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea.
After winning a bronze medal at the 1992 World Sprint Championships (in which she was unable to win any of the 4 distances), Luding-Rothenburger ended her speed skating career.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Rothenburger at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
{| class="wikitable"
! Championships
! style="background-color:gold" | Gold medal || style="background-color:silver" | Silver medal || style="background-color:#cc9966" | Bronze medal
|- align="center"
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#efefef" | Speed skating
|- align="center"
| align="left" | Winter Olympics || 1984 (500 m) <br /> 1988 (1000 m) || 1988 (500 m) || 1992 (500 m)
|- align="center"
| align="left" | World Sprint || 1985 <br /> 1988 || 1986 <br /> 1989 || 1979 <br /> 1983 <br /> 1987 <br /> 1992
|- align="center"
| align="left" | World Cup || 1986 (500 m) <br /> 1988 (500 m) <br /> 1988 (1000 m) <br /> 1989 (500 m) || 1986 (1000 m) <br /> 1989 (500 m) ||
|- align="center"
| align="left" | German Sprint || 1981 <br /> 1982 <br /> 1983 <br /> 1992 || 1978 <br /> 1979 <br /> 1988 || 1977
|- align="center"
| align="left" | German Single Distance || 1980 (500 m) <br /> 1985 (500 m) <br /> 1986 (500 m) <br /> 1988 (500 m) <br /> 1989 (500 m) <br /> 1991 (500 m) <br /> 1991 (1000 m) || 1980 (1000 m) <br /> 1984 (500 m) <br /> 1986 (1000 m) <br /> 1988 (1000 m) <br /> 1989 (1000 m) || 1983 (500 m) <br /> 1983 (1000 m) <br /> 1984 (1000 m)
|- align="center"
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#efefef" | Track cycling
|- align="center"
| align="left" | Summer Olympics || || 1988 (Sprint) ||
|- align="center"
| align="left" | World Sprint || 1986 || 1987 ||
|}
World records
Over the course of her career, Rothenburger skated 8 world records:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Distance!!Result!!Date!!Location
|- align="right"
|500 m||40.28||27 March 1981||align="left"|Medeo
|- align="right"
|1000 m||1:20.95||27 March 1981||align="left"|Medeo
|- align="right"
|500 m||40.18||28 March 1981||align="left"|Medeo
|- align="right"
|Sprint combination||162.275||28 March 1981||align="left"|Medeo
|- align="right"
|500 m||39.69||25 March 1983||align="left"|Medeo
|- align="right"
|Sprint combination||161.120||26 March 1983||align="left"|Medeo
|- align="right"
|500 m||39.39||6 December 1987||align="left"|Calgary
|- align="right"
|1000 m||1:17.65||26 February 1988||align="left"|Calgary
|}
Personal records
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Distance!!Result!!Date!!Location
|- align="right"
|500 m||39.12||22 February 1988||align="left"|Calgary
|- align="right"
|1000 m||1:17.65||26 February 1988||align="left"|Calgary
|- align="right"
|1500 m||2:05.83||16 January 1988||align="left"|Davos
|- align="right"
|3000 m||4:50.59||17 January 2010||align="left"|Davos
|- align="right"
|Mini combination||176.227||17 January 1982||align="left"|Davos
|- align="right"
|Sprint combination||159.500||26 February 1989||align="left"|Heerenveen
|}
See also
- List of multi-sport athletes
- List of multi-sport champions
- List of multiple Olympic medalists
References
External links
- Christa Rothenburger at SkateResults.com
- Christa Luding-Rothenburger at DESG (Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft)
- Profile at official Olympic Movement website