She retired from the sport on 12 January 2007, partly in order to have children and partly because of a crash at
Königssee,
Germany, the previous week and witnessing another crash, by
Russia's
Albert Demtschenko at
Oberhof, that same week. Otto had initially planned on retiring at the
World Luge Championships in
Igls,
Austria (Located southeast of
Innsbruck) in February, but the accidents changed her plans. 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 25 January. ==Other information==