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Christine Errath
Christine ErrathPersonal information Country represented East Germany (represented) Born December 29, 1956 Height 5'2" (158 cm) Former coach Inge Wischnewski Skating club SC Dynamo Berlin Retired 1976 Medal recordCompetitor for East Germany Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games Bronze 1976 Innsbruck Ladies' singles World Championships Silver 1976 Gothenburg Ladies' singles Bronze 1975 Colorado Springs Ladies' singles Gold 1974 Munich Ladies' singles Bronze 1973 Prague Ladies' singles European Championships Bronze 1976 Geneva Ladies' singles Gold 1975 Copenhagen Ladies' singles Gold 1974 Zagreb Ladies' singles Gold 1973 Cologne Ladies' singles Olympic medal record Competitor for East Germany Ladies Figure Skating Bronze 1976 Innsbruck Singles Christine Errath (born 29 December 1956 in Berlin, Germany) is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist.
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Biography
Errath skated for the club SC Dynamo Berlin where she was coached by Inge Wischnewski.
She was especially strong in free skating. In 1972 the changes in judging rules lead to a reduction of the importance of compulsory figures, and this worked to her advantage in winning competitions. Representing East Germany, she was World Champion in 1974, three-time European Champion between 1973 and 1975, and winner of the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Until 1973 her chief rival was Sonja Morgenstern, another skater from East Germany who was coached by Jutta Müller. In 1976 she faced another serious rival named Anett Pötzsch, also coached by Jutta Müller. Errath lost the competition to Pötzsch at the 1976 Europeans, winning only the bronze medal, but came back to medal at the Olympics and the next Worlds.
Errath was married to Ulrich Trettin, a former East German tennis champion. The marriage ended in divorce. She is a mother of two children.
Christine Errath currently works for the German TV station MDR, which produces programs in the German states of Saxony, Thuringia, and Saxony-Anhalt. She hosts the show "Außenseiter Spitzenreiter" (“Top model Outsider”) with Hans-Joachim Wolfram (creator of the Dynamo Dresden hymn "Dynamo Fever"). [1] [2]
Results
Event 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 Winter Olympics 8th 3rd World Championships 9th 10th 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd European Championships 18th 7th 5th 1st 1st 1st 3rd East German Championships 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st Richmond Trophy 1st References
ISU World Championships Results: LadiesPDF
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European champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles 1930: Fritzi Burger · 1931–1936: Sonja Henie · 1937–1939: Cecilia Colledge · 1947–1948: Barbara Ann Scott · 1949: Eva Pawlik · 1950: Alena Vrzáňová · 1951: Jeannette Altwegg · 1952: Jeannette Altwegg · 1953: Valda Osborn · 1954: Gundi Busch · 1955: Hanna Eigel · 1956: Ingrid Wendl · 1957: Hanna Eigel · 1958: Ingrid Wendl · 1959: Hanna Walter · 1960–1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra · 1965–1966: Regine Heitzer · 1967: Gabriele Seyfert · 1968: Hana Mašková · 1969–1970: Gabriele Seyfert · 1971–1972: Beatrix Schuba · 1973–1975: Christine Errath · 1976: Dianne de Leeuw · 1977–1980: Anett Pötzsch · 1981: Denise Biellmann · 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder · 1983–1988: Katarina Witt · 1989: Claudia Leistner · 1990: Evelyn Großmann · 1991–1995: Surya Bonaly · 1996–1997: Irina Slutskaya · 1998–1999: Maria Butyrskaya · 2000–2001: Irina Slutskaya · 2002: Maria Butyrskaya · 2003: Irina Slutskaya · 2004: Júlia Sebestyén · 2005–2006: Irina Slutskaya · 2007–2008: Carolina Kostner · 2009: Laura Lepistö · 2010: Carolina Kostner · 2011: Sarah Meier
East German Champions in Figure Skating – Ladies’ singles 1949: Gudrun Olbricht · 1950: Brigitte Schnellhorn · 1951: G. Poltin · 1952–1955: Inge Kabisch · 1956: M.-K. Dostmann · 1960: Heidemarie Steiner · 1961–1970: Gabriele Seyfert · 1971–1973: Sonja Morgenstern · 1974–1975: Christine Errath · 1976–1980: Anett Pötzsch · 1981–1988: Katarina Witt · 1989: Evelyn Großmann · 1990: Tanja Krienke
Categories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- German female single skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
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