Katarina Witt
Katarina Witt
Katarina Wittis a retired German figure skater. Witt won two Olympic gold medals for East Germany, first at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. She is a four-time World championand twice World silver medalist. A feat only equalled by Sonja Henie among female skaters, Witt won six consecutive European Championships. Her competitive record makes her one of the most successful figure skaters of all time...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth3 December 1965
CityBerlin, Germany
CountryGermany
He doesn't have any skeletons in his closet. He was young and naive.
Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to do this to win.' I forget it is a competition.
I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
When I go our on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.
When you're young, you travel with your parents. When you get older you bring your husband with you. But when you get my age you bring your physical therapist.