Christa Rothenburger-Luding

Christa Luding-Rothenburger was the first woman to win medals at both the Winter and Summer Games. A speed skating gold medalist at 500 metres (1984) and 1,000 metres (1988), she also won a silver in the cycling match sprint in 1988. Luding-Rothenburger also earned a speed skating silver medal in 1988 and bronze medal in 1992 in the 500 metres. She was a World Champion at both sports, winning the speed skating sprint title in 1985 and 1988 and the cycling sprint championship in 1986. Although many athletes have demonstrated proficiency in both cycling and speed skating, few have competed at the top level in both sports at the same time and only Sheila Young (USA), Beth Heiden (USA) and Clara Hughes have approached Luding-Rothenburger's success at both.

Her husband and trainer, Ernst Luding also had a daughter (Christa's stepdaughter), Sylke. She was a promising junior skater, setting a junior World Record and winning a medal at the World Junior Championships.

Personal Bests: 500 – 39.12 (1988); 1000 – 1:17.65 (1988); 1500 – 2:05.83 (1988); 3000 – 4:50.59 (1982).