Katarina Witt is a German former figure skater, a two time Olympic champion in ladies singles who competed for East Germany at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. She is regarded as one of the greatest ladies singles skaters in history, remembered for combining strong technical skating with a charismatic and glamorous presence on the ice, and she is one of only two skaters, alongside Sonja Henie, to successfully defend an Olympic singles title.
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Career HighlightWon Olympic gold in ladies singles figure skating twice, at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the 1988 Calgary Olympics. 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia, Katarina Witt
WikipediaOpening paragraph, parenthetical birth date
born 3 December 1965
Career section, club and country sentence
Witt represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club for East Germany (GDR).
Opening paragraph, Olympic titles sentence
Witt won the first of her two Olympic gold medals for East Germany at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, before winning a second at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
Wikipedia, article summary lead
Katarina Witt (German pronunciation: [kataˈÊiËna vɪt], ; born 3 December 1965) is a German former figure skater.
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