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Katarina Witt - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Katarina Witt - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actress, Writer.
Born December 3, 1965, Staaken, West Berlin - East German figure skater, actress and screenwriter.
Trained with a coach from the GDR Jutta Muller at the sports club SK Karl-Marx-Stadt. In 1977 she made her debut at the GDR Championship. In 1979 she took 3rd place at the GDR Championship and made her debut at the World Championship.
She often performed unsuccessfully in the obligatory figures, but was distinguished by extremely harmonious short and free programs. She was one of the first in the history of the world championships to perform a triple flip jump (1981). In 1984-1988, she owned only two triple jumps, a sheepskin coat and a salchow, with the exception of the 1987 World Cup, where the triple rittberger also submitted to her.
In total, Katarina Witt has won 20 international and national awards, which is a record in women's single skating.
On November 1, 1988, in honor of her victory at the Olympic Games in the DPRK, a block of stamps was released.
After finishing her amateur career in 1988, she performed in professional ice shows. In 1989, Witt began to work under a contract with the American Ice Ballet Company. In 1992 she became the professional world champion. In the professional arena, her partners were Brian Boitano and Brian Orser. After allowing professionals to compete in the Olympics, she took part in her third Winter Olympics in 1994, where she took 7th place.
In 1996, the film "Ice Princess" (joint Germany - USA) with Katarina in the title role was released, and in 1998 the film "Ronin" was released, where she starred in the episodic role of Russian figure skater Natasha Kirillova.
Time magazine called Witt "the most beautiful face of socialism." In 1998, 32-year-old Katarina participated in an erotic photo shoot for Playboy magazine, which sought the consent of the skater for 10 years. In the December issue, a series of impressive photographs was published in which a completely naked athlete poses against the backdrop of a tropical nature, under a waterfall. In a published interview that accompanied the photo shoot, Witt explained that she decided to take this step at the request of her friend, who wanted to see these photos in a magazine. The issue with the participation of Katarina entered the five best-selling for all the years of the existence of Playboy magazine. The amount of the received fee Witt keeps secret, specifying, however, that it was a "decent amount" .
In 2008, 42-year-old Katharina Witt decided to finally say goodbye to the ice. From February 16 to March 4, farewell performances of the "Show of the Stars" were held in eight cities of Germany.
At the end of her skating career, Witt planned to host television programs, produce ice shows, and devote more time to the charitable foundation she founded in 2006 that helps children with disabilities. In 2010, Katharina led Munich's bid to host the 2018 Olympics.
As of 2015, Witt periodically acts in films, in particular, she can be seen in the film "Jerry Maguire" with Tom Cruise. Katarina hosts programs on German television, is a judge in the German version of the show "Stars on Ice".
