Katarina Witt

Former double Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt will head Munich's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, it was announced on Thursday. "I will do everything I can so that the International Olympic Committee can only award the Games to Munich," said Witt, a gold medallist at the 1984 Sarajevo and 1988 Calgary Games. The bid committee will also feature former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as well as World Cup football legend Franz Beckenbauer. Munich, which staged the 1972 Summer Olympics, will face competition for the 2018 Games from Pyeongchang in South Korea and the French town of Annecy. The IOC will make ... Read Full Story

All this talk about Katarina Witt last week got me thinking about two other figure skaters that I count amongst my favorites. And I dearly miss them from competition but that is the way of things I suppose. My favorite moment for Kati Winkler & Rene Lohse came at the 2004 World Championship. This event was their final competitive event as eligible skaters and it was in Germany, their home country. To understand how special an event this was for this Ice Dance team, you must understand their history. They made it to the World Championships as often as they didn't. This team had ... Read Full Story

Presented at the Sky Lounge at Side Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. The Bambi Award is Germany's most prestigious media award. Read Full Story

Katarina Witt Bio Sketch:   Name Katarina Witt Date Of Birth December 3, 1965 Place Of Birth Be the first to add this Height 5′5" Weight Be the first to add this Nationality Be the first to add this Celebrity Status German figure skater Update this Bio Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Read Full Story

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