German Olympic figure skating champion born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz), East Germany in 1965. Won consecutive Olympic gold medals at the 1984 Sarajevo and 1988 Calgary Games, becoming the first woman to do so since 1936. Won four World Championship titles (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and six European championships.
Trained under coach Jutta Muller in East Germany. After retiring from amateur competition, she won an Emmy Award for Carmen on Ice (1990) and appeared in the films Jerry Maguire (1996) and Ronin (1998). Appeared in Epstein's black book with two phone numbers.
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