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Katarina Witt

Awards And Accomplishments



1983 Silver medal, World Figure Skating championships; European champion
1984 Gold medal, Sarajevo Winter Olympics; European champion
1985 Gold medal, World Figure Skating championships; European champion
1986 Silver medal, World Figure Skating championships; European champion
1987 Gold medal, World Figure Skating championships; European champion
1988 Gold medal, World Figure Skating championships; Gold medal, Calgary Winter Olympics; European champion
1990 Emmy Award for Carmen on Ice
1994 Golden Camera Award for Olympic comeback
1995 Jim Thorpe Pro Sports Award; inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1999 Voted "Favorite Female Athlete" in the United States by the American Opinion Research Institute and "Female Skater of the Century" in Germany

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