Katarina Witt was born on December 3, 1965 in Staaken, Germany. She is a former figure skater, artist, actress, businesswoman and television personality.
Biograpohy and Career :
Her parents' names are Manfred and Kathe. She attended the Kinder- und Jugendsportschule. She became an ice skater and in 1970 Jutta Miller was her coach. She won four-times the World Figure Skating Champion title and six-times the European Figure Skating Champion title.
In 1984 and 1988 she was an Olympic Women's Figure Skating Champion and in 1990 was selected by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. In December 1998 the readers of Playboy magazine admired her in a nude pictorial.
Besides being a famous ice skater she started an acting career and was seen in "V.I.
P.", "Nikola", "Ronin", "Frasier", "Die Eisprinzessin", "Greatest Hits on Ice" and others. After her appearance in the "Carmen on Ice" movie she received an Emmy award.
She was a Member of the highest East-German Parliament "Volkskammer". The fame she gained as a skater helped her a lot and opened her lots of doors. She is also a painter, among other talents of her, and has her own business.
She is a talented, beautiful, intelligent and sexy woman and has proved it many times.
Trivia :
- Height: 166 cm
- Measurements: 36C-24-36 1/2
- She received the title of "the most beautiful face of socialism".
- She appeared nude in the Playboy magazine in 1998.
Quotes :
- "A lot of funny things happened. Like I'd be walking through an airport and I'd see someone with the issue of Playboy in their hands, and they'd see me, and their eyes would go right to my chest. Straight down - zap."
- "When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition."
Filmography :
- V.I.P. (1 episode, 2000)
- Nikola (1 episode, 1999)
- Ronin (1998)
- Frasier (1 episode, 1996)
- Eisprinzessin, Die (1995) (TV)
- Greatest Hits on Ice (1994) (TV)
- Carmen on Ice (1990) (TV)
- Riverboat - Die MDR-Talkshow aus Leipzig (1 episode, 2007)
- Stars auf Eis (7 episodes, 2006)
- Johannes B. Kerner Show, Die (1 episode, 2006)
- Sterren dansen op het ijs (1 episode, 2006)
- Let's Dance (2006) TV Series
- Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds (2006) (TV)
- 100 Prozent (1 episode, 2005)
- Wetten, dass..? (6 episodes, 1990-2005)
- Quiz mit Jorg Pilawa, Das (1 episode, 2004)
- Biography (1 episode, 2004)
- Welcome Europe! (2004) (TV)
- Beckmann (3 episodes, 1999-2004)
- Unsere Besten (1 episode, 2004)
- Family Feud (1 episode, 2003)
- Divas on Ice (2003) (TV)
- Life and Times (1 episode, 2002)
- Divas on Ice (2001/II) (TV)
- Bank of America Celebration of Gold (2001) (TV)
- Fire on Ice: Champions of American Figure Skating (2001) (TV)
- Michelle Kwan: Princess on Ice (2001) (TV)
- Divas on Ice (2001/I) (TV)
- Ice Wars 7 (2000) (TV)
- Improv Ice II (1999) (TV)
- Starskates on Broadway (1999) (TV)
- Divas on Ice (1999) (TV)
- Zimmer frei! (1 episode, 1999)
- Arli$$ (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
- Ice Wars 4 (1997) (TV)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1 episode, 1997)
- Too Hot to Skate (1997) (TV)
- Skating Romance II (1996) (TV)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- Legends Championships (1996) (mini) TV Series
- The 1996 Fox Rock 'N Roll Skating Championships (1996) (TV)
- Sergei Grinkov: Celebration of a Life (1996) (TV)
- Figure Skating Superstars: Katarina Witt and Friends (1995) (TV)
- Skates of Gold III (1995) (TV)
- Skates of Gold II (1995) (TV)
- The 1995 Fox Rock 'N Roll Skating Championships (1995) (TV)
- Fox on Ice (1994) (TV)
- The 1994 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Competition Highlights Video (1994)
- 1994 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Competition and Exhibition Highlights (1994)
- Ice Wars 1 (1994) (TV)
- Skates of Gold (1993) (TV)
- Christmas Fantasy on Ice (1992) (TV)
- 1992 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (1992) (V)
- Christmas on Ice (1990) (TV)
- Brian Boitano: Canvas of Ice (1988) (TV).
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