Katarina Witt
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"Katarina Witt" is a retired Germany/German Figure skating/figure skater. In Germany, she was commonly called "Kati" in the past, but today her full name is used more often. Witt won two Winter Olympic Games/Olympic gold medals for East Germany, first at the 1984 1984 Winter Olympics/Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the 1988 Winter Olympics/Calgary Olympics. She is a four-time World Figure Skating Championships/World champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and twice World silver medalist (1982, 1986). A feat only equalled by Sonja Henie among female skaters, Witt won six consecutive European Figure Skating Championships/European Championships (1983–1988). Her competitive record makes her one of the most successful figure skaters of all time.

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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.

She took a day of rest, which is fine. She is physically prepared, and maybe she doesn't need that day of pressure with everyone watching her.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

He doesn't have any skeletons in his closet. He was young and naive.

What I like is that she has been always a fighter. There have been so many young skaters coming and going, winning the Olympics and leaving. She kept defending her titles and still setting goals for herself, which I think is great. She always could have taken the easy way, and she never did.

It was heartbreaking. After [the second jump], she was so upset that she nailed everything out of anger. I always say that there are world-class skaters, and there are champions. It really breaks my heart.