Sonja Morgenstern

Sonja Morgenstern, divorced Siegel, ( born January 22, 1955 in Frankenberg / Sa. ) Is a former German figure skater, which was launched in a single run for the GDR.

Career

Morgenstern launched for the SC Karl- Marx-Stadt and was coached by Jutta Müller. In 1966 she was Spartakiadesiegerin in figure skating. Two years later, she participated in the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble for the GDR. As the first female athlete, she jumped at the World Championships in 1971 in Lyon triple Salchow and finished with the third best freestyle sixth place. Their greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the European Championships in 1972. During the same year she was Olympic Sixth.

In 1973, she had to quit her figure skating career due to injury and studied education in Zwickau. The teaching profession, she had to give up in 1981 because her son Michael took the first four years of life due to illness intensive care. Later she completed a qualification as a beautician and adults worked in this profession.

Morgenstern trained mid-80s briefly Stefan Lindemann.

Results

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Single skating 1972 European Figure Skating Championships Frankenberg, Saxony East Germany List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1968 World Figure Skating Championships 1969 World Figure Skating Championships 1970 World Figure Skating Championships 1971 World Figure Skating Championships 1972 World Figure Skating Championships 1973 World Figure Skating Championships 1968 European Figure Skating Championships 1969 European Figure Skating Championships 1970 European Figure Skating Championships 1971 European Figure Skating Championships 1973 European Figure Skating Championships East German Figure Skating Championships Inge Wischnewski Heidemarie Steiner Gabriele Seyfert Christine Errath Tanja Krienke
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