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Falkensee, East Germany
Katarina Witt (German pronunciation: [kataˈʁiːna vɪt], born 3 December 1965) 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 that "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…
Known for
- Powerplay - The Best Ice Hockey Team for the Olympics — Self (archive footage)2026
- The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station — Self2025
- 75 Jahre ARD - Die große Jubiläumsshow — Self2025
- Being Katarina Witt — Self2025
- Chemnitz 2025 – Unterwegs mit Katarina Witt — Self2024
- Spiel mit dem Feuer - Wer braucht noch dieses Olympia? — Self (archive footage)2022
- Quiz für Dich — Self2022
- Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR — Self - Subject2020
- ISU Figure Skating Awards — Self - Presenter2020
- ISU Figure Skating Awards — Self - Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award2020
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-12-03 ) 3 December 1965 (age 60) , Falkensee , East Germany
- Height
- 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
- Country
- East Germany (1977–1988), Germany (1994)
- Skating club
- SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
- Retired
- 1988 and 1994 (amateur) 2008 (professional)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Katarina
- Family name
- Witt
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Staaken
- Occupation
- figure skater
- Political party
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – ladies
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Sport
- figure skating
- Country for sport
- German Democratic Republic
- Mass
- 55
- Official website
- www.katarina-witt.de
- Image
- 14-01-10-tbh-260-katarina-witt.jpg
- Height
- 165
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- Commons category
- Katarina Witt
- date of birth
- 1964-00-00
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- Katarina Witt
- name in native language
- Katarina Witt
- sports discipline competed in
- ladies' singles
- relative
- Anett Pötzsch
- competition won
- figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – ladies
- social media followers
- 52889
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Figure Skating
- trained by
- Jutta Müller
- end of work period
- 1988-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Katarina Witt ( German pronunciation: [kataˈʁiːna vɪt], audio; born 3 December 1965) 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 that "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 (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and two-time World silver medalist (1982, 1986). She won six consecutive European Championships (1983–1988), a feat equalled only by Henie among female skaters. Between 1984 and 1988, Witt won ten gold medals in eleven major international events, making her one of the most successful figure skaters ever.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katarina Witt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.