Maria Isser

Maria Isser

Medal record
Luge
World Championships
	1957 Davos	Women's singles
	1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Women's singles
	1955 Oslo	Women's singles
	1955 Oslo	Doubles
	1959 Villard-de-Lans	Women's singles
European Championships
	1952 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Women's singles
	1953 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Women's singles
	1954 Davos	Women's singles
	1955 Hahnenklee	Women's singles
	1956 Imst	Women's singles
	1951 Igls	Women's singles

Maria Isser (22 October 1929 – 2011) was an Austrian luger who competed during the early 1950s and early 1960s. She won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two golds (Women's singles: 1957, 1960) and three silvers (Women's singles: 1955, 1959; Doubles: 1955). Her silver in the doubles event in 1955 with her brother Josef was the first time a woman ever won a medal in a doubles event at a World Championships, Winter Olympics, or European Championships until the debut of a mixed team event at both the European and World Championships in the late 1980s. In the 1958 World Championships, the silver and bronze pairs from Poland included one woman each.

At the European championships, Isser won six medals in the women's singles event. This included four straight golds (1952–1955), one silver (1956), and one bronze (1951).

References

• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
• List of European luge champions (German)