Katarina Witt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katarina Witt
Occupation	Figure Skater
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1965(1965-12-03)
Age	59
Birthplace	Falkensee
Country	Germany
Birth City	Brandenburg
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Katarina Witt Biography

Katarina Witt is one of the most popular and richest Figure Skater who was born on December 3, 1965 in Falkensee, Brandenburg, Germany. Model and figure skater born in East Berlin who was awarded gold medals at the 1984 Sarajevo and 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

She appeared acting as herself in the hit film of 1996 Jerry Maguire which was co-produced with She had a cameo, playing herself, in the 1996 hit movie Jerry Maguire, co-produced by James L. Brooks..

Witt represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club for East Germany (GDR). Jutta Müller began coaching her in 1977. Witt trained 6 days a week, sometimes for 7 hours a day with 3 hours spent on compulsory figures.

Witt made her first appearance in a major international competition at the 1979 European Championships, finishing 14th at the event. At the 1981 World Championships, she placed 1st in the short, 3rd in the long, and 2nd in the combined free skate, missing a medal due to low placement in figures. She placed on a major podium for the first time in 1982, winning silver at both the European and World Championships. She had a great shot at winning the 1982 World Championships, which she only required winning the long program to do. However, she stepped out of three jumps, including the legendary triple flip, the complex element she was the very first woman to accomplish, and a relatively easy double axel, which cost her the long program win and the overall gold medal. The eventual winner of the competition was Elaine Zayak, who landed six triples. The next season, she won her first European title but finished off the World podium in fourth place, because she was 8th in compulsory figures despite winning the combined free skating. Had she placed 1st in the long program instead of 2nd (on a 5-4 split) to Sumners, she would have jumped to the silver over both Leistner and Vodorezova. Her free skate with a triple flip and five triples was technically superior to Sumners’, and many believed she should have taken the crucial 1st place in this phase.

Parents have been Manfred as well as Katja and she was raised with a brother named Axel.

Katarina Witt Net Worth

Katarina Witt is one of the richest Figure Skater from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katarina Witt 's net worth $9 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She attended Kinder-und Jugendsportschule, a school that caters to the athletes who are gifted.

She was chosen as a judge for the popular British television program Dancing On Ice.

Katarina Witt (German pronunciation: [ˈkataʁiːna vɪt] ; born 3 December 1965) is a retired German figure skater.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1987, Witt won her third World title. Although Witt finished fifth in compulsory figures, which meant that Thomas could finish second in both the short and long programs and still retain the World title, Thomas’ 7th place in the short program (due to a small hand down on her double axel) put the two skaters on a level playing field ahead of the free skate. In fact, five skaters entered the long program in strong contention for the gold: Kira Ivanova, Witt, Thomas, Elizabeth Manley, and Caryn Kadavy, all needing to only win the long program (or win the long program and beat Ivanova by two places in the long program in the case of Manley and Kadavy) to win. Skating last and under immense pressure with both Kadavy and Thomas having earlier turned in brilliant performances, Witt landed five triple jumps, including a clean triple loop jump which was most crucial of all to win. Earlier, Thomas had two footed her triple-loop attempt, and while Kadavy had done two successful triple loops, she had also popped several triple or double-axel attempts. Even on a night of brilliant skating by a majority of the notable competitors, Witt convincingly both the best technical and artistic marks of the night, was ranked first by seven of the nine judges, and reclaimed her World title to an appreciative crowd.

Facts & Trivia

Katarina Ranked on the list of most popular Figure Skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Katarina Witt celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.

Witt won a fourth and final World title to end her amateur career at the 1988 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She turned in a relatively lackluster long program, popping out of both a planned triple loop and triple salchow, and below the quality of her Olympic performance, but with other top contenders also being mostly subpar and fatigued after the high of the Calgary Games, she won gold with a victory in compulsory figures (just second win in figures in a World or Olympic event, only other instance was 1984 Worlds), 2nd place to Debi Thomas in the short program, and victory in the long program. One of her rivals, silver medalist Elizabeth Manley, later complained about some of what she perceived to be dubious foul play in the event, including Witt’s win in the figures where she overcame Manley’s lead in the first two figures in the final loop figure, which Manley believed to be her best, and Manley’s music not being played properly to start her short program (where Manley had a combination miss and took only 4th place, ending her gold medal chances). On the November 1, 1988 in honor of her victory at the Olympics a block of stamps was released in the DPRK.

Top Facts about Katarina Witt

1. Katarina Witt is a retired German figure skater.
2. She won two Olympic gold medals in 1984 and 1988.
3. Witt also won four World Championships and six European Championships.
4. She was known for her artistic and athletic abilities on the ice.
5. Witt was born on December 3, 1965, in Staaken, East Germany.
6. She became a professional skater after retiring from competition.
7. Witt has appeared in several films and TV shows as an actress.
8. In 1994, she posed nude for Playboy magazine’s German edition.
9. Witt served as an ambassador for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
10. She is considered one of the greatest figure skaters of all time.

Where is Katarina Witt now 2021?

She owns a gym. Witt owns a boutique gym called Kurvenstar by Katarina Witt, which is located in Potsdam, Germany. She often posts about the gym and the events it holds on her Instagram account.

What has happened to Katarina Witt?

Since 1991 Katarina has been working as figure skating expert for American and German TV channels such as NBC, CBS, ABC, ZDF and ARD during World Championships and Olympic Games. In between Katarina recurrently dives into the world of film and theater.

How old is Katarina Witt now?

56 years (December 3, 1965)

How many gold medals did Katarina Witt win?

East German figure skater Katarina Witt dazzled audiences with her beauty and charisma en route to four World Championships and two Olympic gold medals.

How many times has Katarina Witt been married?

She was in a serious relationship with businessman Marcus Hermann, also from his country. The next three men she dated are Dave Hoffis (from 2002 to 2003), Siegfried Wolf (2004) and Andreas Rüter (2008). Just as she has yet to get married , Katarina Witt has no children yet.