Gisela Otto

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameGisela•Otto (-Laeschke)
Used nameGisela•Otto
Born23 February 1951 in Bayreuth, Bayern (GER)
Measurements163 cm / 61 kg
AffiliationsPassau
NOC West Germany

Biography

Gisela Otto placed 18th in the women’s singles at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics due to a crash in one of her runs. She started luging at the age of 11 when her father Horst Otto built a luge run near Passau for his daughters Gisela and Ulrike. The luge run was situated at Hacklberg near Passau and had a length of only 800 metres.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1972 Winter Olympics Luge FRG Gisela Otto
Singles, Women (Olympic) 18