Katarina Witt

About Katarina Witt

Figure skater and model from East Berlin who won gold medals in the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and Calgary.

Katarina Witt is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. Her Laureus profile states "she is remembered most for her overall athleticism, her charismatic appeal and her glamorous image on the ice." Witt won the first of her two Olympic gold medals for East Germany at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, before winning a second at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. She is one of only two skaters to defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Norwegian Sonja Henie. Witt is a four-time World Champion and two-time World silver medalist. She won six consecutive European Championships, a feat only equalled by Sonja Henie among female skaters. Between 1984 and 1988, Witt won ten golds from eleven major international events, making her one of the most successful figure skaters.

Retired	1988 and 1994 (amateur) 2008 (professional)
Former coach	Jutta Müller
Skating club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Born	December 3, 1965, Falkensee, East Germany

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Trivia

She was selected as a judge on the hit British TV show Dancing On Ice.

Katarina Witt before fame

She attended the Kinder- und Jugendsportschule, a school for outstanding athletes.

Achievement of Katarina Witt

She was chosen to be a judge on the popular British television show Dancing On Ice.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$9 Million

Katarina Witt family life

Manfred and Katja are her parents, and she has an older brother named Axel.

Associations of Katarina Witt

She had a cameo, playing herself, in the 1996 hit movie Jerry Maguire, co-produced by James L. Brooks.

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