Career
Otto finished in the top three of the Luge World Cup standings every year from 1999 to 2006, winning the overall title four times (1994-1995, 1999–2000, 2002-2003, 2003-2004). She retired from the sport on 12 January 2007 due to pregnancy. lieutenant was also due to a crash suffered at Königssee, Germany the previous week followed by watching the crash of Russia"s Albert Demtschenko at Oberhof, Germany that same week.
Otto had initially planned on retiring at the World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria (Located southeast of Innsbruck) in February, but her and Demtschenko"s accident changed that.
She has one daughter Sina born on 29 May 2007. A retirement ceremony for Otto took place prior to the start of the women"s singles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany on January 25.
Otto was one of the torch bearers for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece as it traveled through Berlin, Germany.