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Ute Oberhoffner
Oberhoffner in 1985.
Medal record
Women's Luge
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo Women's singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Winterberg Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Lake Placid Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Igls Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Winterberg Women's singles
World Cup Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982-83 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1988-89 Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1984-85 Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1983-84 Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1985-86 Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Königssee Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1988 Königssee Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Hammarstrand Women's singles
Ute Oberhoffner (left) and Steffi Martin (1984)
Ute Oberhoffner (left), Birgit Görlitzer and Cerstin Schmidt (right) in Oberhofen (18 October 1986)

Ute Oberhoffner (née Weiß, born 15 September 1961 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl, sometimes shown as Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss) is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984.

Oberhoffner won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning one silver (Mixed team: 1989) and three bronzes (1983, 1987, 1989). She won a complete set of medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in the women's singles event (1988), and silver in the mixed team event (1988), and a bronze in the women's singles event (1986). Oberhoffner also won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles twice (1982-3, 1988–9).

After her career in luge, Oberhoffner became a teacher in her native Ilmenau for which she was honored in 2003.

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