Gabriele Seyfert

Gabriele " Gaby " Seyfert ( born November 23, 1948 in Chemnitz) is a former German figure skater, which was launched in a single run for the GDR. It is the world champion of 1969 and 1970 and the European Championships of 1967, 1969 and 1970.

Career

Seyfert was from 1961 to 1970 Figure Skating Champion of the GDR and holds the record with these ten titles in GDR championships. She began her career at SC bismuth Karl- Marx-Stadt, launched in 1963 for the SC Karl- Marx-Stadt and was trained by her mother Jutta Müller.

From 1965 to 1970 Seyfert belonged to the world's best. In 1966, she won her first international medals. She was Vice - European Champion in Bratislava behind Regine Heitzer and Vice World Champion in Davos behind Peggy Fleming. The following year she was in Ljubljana for the first time European champion and in Vienna again World runner-up behind Fleming. In the Olympic year 1968, she won three silver medals at the European Championships in Västerås behind Hana Mašková, at the World Championships in Geneva and the Olympic Games in Grenoble behind Peggy Fleming. Following the resignation of US- American, who could never defeat them, she was the best skater in the world. In 1969, she won her second European title in Garmisch -Partenkirchen and was first in Colorado Springs World Champion. In 1970 she defended both titles and won thus in Leningrad its third European title in Ljubljana and its second world title.

Although Seyfert years stood in the shadow of Peggy Fleming, she became the first world-famous sports star of the GDR. In 1966 she was elected East German Sportswoman of the Year. In 1968, she caused a stir, because she became the first woman in a Eislaufkür the triple Rittberger.

In 1970, she finished surprisingly their athletes career, even though it was touted as the favorite for the Olympic Winter Games of 1972. She married in 1972 Eberhard Rüger, former East German champion in ice dancing. Both were led by the Ministry of State Security as informer; Seyfert obtained from the contacts to the Stasi always advantages in career advancement, but denied in 1999 after a related publication in the "Focus" to have collaborated with the Stasi. In 1972, she was the mother of a daughter named Sheila. The marriage with Eberhard Rüger was divorced in 1975. She later married Jochen Messerschmidt, also failed this marriage.

In contrast to her rival Peggy Fleming could not switch to the ice revue Holiday on Ice, as the East German authorities refused to accept such offers. Their relationship to the figure skating world champion Emmerich Danzer by the GDR authorities was prohibited. Gaby Seyfert worked as a trainer and oversaw a short time later Olympic gold medalist Anett Pötzsch. After that, she studied languages ​​and worked as an interpreter. From 1985 to 1991 she headed the Eisballett the Berlin Friedrichstadt Palace, where she also appeared himself. After its closure it was Account Manager in a service company in Berlin. She lives in Berlin -Karow. In April 2011 she married Egbert grains in Hawaii.

Results

Publications

  • Seyfert, Gaby: There must be one more thing: My life - more than duty and choice, 1998, ISBN 3-360-00869-3
  • Seyfert, Gaby: On cloud one 's always room. Single looking Single, 2000, ISBN 3-360-00935-5
Winter Olympic Games 1966 World Figure Skating Championships 1967 World Figure Skating Championships 1970 World Figure Skating Championships 1966 European Figure Skating Championships 1967 European Figure Skating Championships 1968 European Figure Skating Championships 1969 European Figure Skating Championships 1970 European Figure Skating Championships Single skating 1969 World Figure Skating Championships East German Figure Skating Championships 1968 World Figure Skating Championships Loop jump 1972 Winter Olympics Karow (Berlin) List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1962 World Figure Skating Championships 1965 World Figure Skating Championships 1961 European Figure Skating Championships 1962 European Figure Skating Championships 1963 European Figure Skating Championships 1965 European Figure Skating Championships Karin Beyer Ute Starke Margitta Gummel Petra Kandarr Karin Balzer Rosemarie Ackermann Marita Koch Maxi Gnauck Kristin Otto Lily Kronberger Sonja Henie Cecilia Colledge Megan Taylor Barbara Ann Scott Jeannette Altwegg Jacqueline du Bief Tenley Albright Gundi Busch Carol Heiss Petra Burka Trixi Schuba Karen Magnussen Christine Errath Dianne de Leeuw Dorothy Hamill Elaine Zayak Rosalynn Sumners Debi Thomas Jill Trenary Kristi Yamaguchi Chen Lu Michelle Kwan Kimmie Meissner Carolina Kostner Eva Pawlik Valda Osborn Hanna Walter Claudia Kristofics-Binder Claudia Leistner Sarah Meier (figure skater) Inge Wischnewski Heidemarie Steiner Sonja Morgenstern Tanja Krienke Name Authority File
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