Anett Pötzsch

Anett Pötzsch - Rauschenbach ( born September 3, 1960 in Karl- Marx-Stadt as Anett Pötzsch ) is a former German figure skater, which was launched in a single run. She is the Olympic champion of 1980 and the world champion of 1978 and 1980.

Career as a figure skater

Anett Pötzsch was registered with the SC Karl- Marx-Stadt for figure skating at the age of five years. In 1971 she came to the training group of the former figure skating world champion Gabriele Seyfert, who stood at the beginning of her coaching career. A year earlier Pötzsch had already achieved a second place at the Children 's and Youth and was able to repeat this success in 1972. In 1973 she moved to the East German champion Jutta Müller trainer, mother of Gabriele Seyfert. Under Müller was in the GDR Championships Women, 1974 and 1975, respectively Vice-Champion in the same year a third party. In 1973 she participated in the World Figure Skating Championships for the first time and had become a 13 -year-old 14. Their first international medal she won bronze at the European Championships 1975 in Copenhagen.

In 1976 Pötzsch succeeded the final breakthrough to world leaders. First, they had won in the GDR championships for the first time the title, until 1980, four more followed. At the European Championships in Geneva, she won the silver medal at the World Championships in Gothenburg and at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck they missed each finished fourth just barely a medal. Their first European title they won a year later in Helsinki and was able to defend that title three times in 1980, always in front of Dagmar Lurz from Germany. At the World Championships she delivered to a competition with the US-American Linda Fratianne. At the World Championships 1977 in Tokyo and 1979 in Vienna, she defeated her and became vice - world champion, while she was able to defeat at the World Championships in 1978 in Ottawa and in 1980 in Dortmund and world champion was. Pötzsch by Gaby Seyfert and Christine Errath was the third World Champion from the GDR. Her career was crowned in 1980 by winning the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, before Linda Fratianne. It was the first Olympic title for a German figure skater. For her Olympic victory, she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.

Following the resignation

At the height of her career Pötzsch resigned after winning the Olympic gold medal in figure skating from the spring of 1980. The reasons they gave to knee problems, also hinted that they would get with Katarina Witt is a serious competitor. Pötzsch participated in the Leipzig Sport University DHfK to a qualified sports teacher 's degree and, after successfully completing their studies at the DHfK as a research assistant. Among other things, she was responsible for the training of figure skating coach. She also worked as a figure skating judge price and worked as such at the Skating European Championships in 1988 and 1989. After the DHfK was dissolved as a result of the German reunification in 1990, Pötzsch completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. Because of their involvement in the film Carmen on Ice, which also played Katarina Witt, it was classified as a professional athlete by the German skating federation until 1993, which initially prevented that she could continue to act as adjudicator. 1999 Pötzsch country coach of the Saxon Skating Association, and in 2004 she was at the International Skating Union " Technical Specialist " of a new rating system and supervised at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the jurors in the assessment. 2009, she joined as a trainer for Dresdner Skating Club.

Family

During her studies in Leipzig Anett Pötzsch married the brother of Katarina Witt, Axel Witt. 1984, the daughter Claudia was born, which also was later figure skater and 2001 together with Robin Szolkowy was German champion in pair skating. In 1991, the couple divorced in 1994 and married the former figure skater Pötzsch Axel Rauschenbach. 1994, the daughter Cindy was born.

Results

Swell

  • Munzinger archive, World Sports Archive 15/ 04
  • Saxon daily newspaper, edition of 3 February 2009, article " Anett Pötzsch with dreams in Dresden"
Winter Olympic Games 1977 World Figure Skating Championships 1978 World Figure Skating Championships 1979 World Figure Skating Championships 1980 World Figure Skating Championships 1975 European Figure Skating Championships 1976 European Figure Skating Championships 1977 European Figure Skating Championships 1978 European Figure Skating Championships 1979 European Figure Skating Championships 1980 European Figure Skating Championships Chemnitz Single skating List of Olympic medalists in figure skating Spartakiad 1973 World Figure Skating Championships East German Figure Skating Championships 1976 World Figure Skating Championships Claudia Rauschenbach 1974 World Figure Skating Championships 1975 World Figure Skating Championships 1973 European Figure Skating Championships 1974 European Figure Skating Championships Neues Deutschland Magda Julin Sonja Henie Barbara Ann Scott Jeannette Altwegg Tenley Albright Carol Heiss Peggy Fleming Trixi Schuba Dorothy Hamill Kristi Yamaguchi Sarah Hughes Adelina Sotnikova Lily Kronberger Cecilia Colledge Megan Taylor Jacqueline du Bief Gundi Busch Petra Burka Karen Magnussen Dianne de Leeuw Elaine Zayak Rosalynn Sumners Debi Thomas Jill Trenary Chen Lu Michelle Kwan Kimmie Meissner Carolina Kostner Eva Pawlik Valda Osborn Hanna Walter Regine Heitzer Claudia Kristofics-Binder Claudia Leistner Sarah Meier (figure skater) Inge Wischnewski Heidemarie Steiner Sonja Morgenstern Tanja Krienke
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