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Katarina Witt

1965 - Today

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katarina Witt is the 5th most popular skater (up from 8th in 2019), the 2,199th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,224th in 2019) and the most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Katarina Witt ranks 5 out of 483. Before her are Sonja Henie, Ulrich Salchow, Axel Paulsen, and Andrea Kékesy. After her are Gillis Grafström, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ivar Ballangrud, Ondrej Nepela, Clas Thunberg, and Sjoukje Dijkstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Katarina Witt ranks 70. Before her are Nigel Short, Linda Evangelista, Fernanda Torres, Ali Dia, Nicholas Sparks, and Elizabeth Hurley. After her are Valeria Golino, Sunita Williams, Martin Lawrence, Yahya Jammeh, Robin Sharma, and Chris Rock.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Katarina Witt ranks 2,200 out of 7,253. Before her are Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1230), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Artur Fischer (1919), and Katia Mann (1883). After her are Hermann Scherchen (1891), Karl Vogt (1817), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), and Heinz Brandt (1907).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Katarina Witt ranks 1. After her are Ludowika Jakobsson (1884), Heinrich Burger (1881), Anna Hübler (1885), Ernst Baier (1905), Gabriele Seyfert (1948), Maxi Herber (1920), Marika Kilius (1943), Ria Baran (1922), Paul Falk (1921), Manfred Schnelldorfer (1943), and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942).

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