Melitta Sollmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Melitta Sollmann

East German luger

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1958

Place of Birth: Gotha, Thuringia, Germany

Profession: athletics competitor, luger

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Melitta Sollmann (born 20 August 1958 in Gotha, Thuringia) is an East German luger who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s.
She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Sollmann also won three medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (1979, 1981) and one silver (1983).
She also won three medals in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with two golds (1979, 1980) and one bronze (1982). Sollmann's best overall Luge World Cup finish was third in 1982-3.