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Olympic medal record
Women's figure skating
Gold	1972 Sapporo	Singles

Beatrix ("Trixi") Schuba (born April 15, 1951 in Vienna) was an Austrian figure skater.

[edit] Career

She won the European and World championships in 1971 and 1972 and was the Olympic gold medallist at the 1972 Sapporo games. She was especially noted for her skill in performing compulsory figures. In fact, some say that in the compulsory figures, she was the best ever.

Schuba's victory at the 1972 Winter Olympics proved the catalyst for diminishing the importance of compulsory figures in figure skating competition. Schuba won the Olympic title despite a lackluster free skate because of the points she racked up in the compulsory figures portion of the competition, which counted for 50% of the overall score at that time. However, compulsory figures were not watched by television spectators. The free skate was widely televised, however, and viewers expressed frustration that the American skater Janet Lynn and the Canadian skater Karen Magnussen skated so well and yet placed behind Schuba, who did not skate her free program nearly as well.

To counter the growing criticism, in 1973, the importance of compulsory figures was diminished, and a new 'short program' was introduced, which required skaters to perform mandatory jumps, spins, and footwork elements. However, Schuba retired from amateur skating after the 1971-72 competitive season, so the new changes did not have an impact on her amateur career.

2002 she became the president of the Austrian Figure Skating Association (Österreichischer Eiskunstlaufverband).

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
European Championships	5th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st
World Championships	9th	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
Winter Olympics	-	5th	-	-	-	1st

[edit] Navigation

v • d • e Olympic champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles 1908: Madge Syers · 1920: Magda Julin · 1924: Herma Szabo · 1928: Sonja Henie · 1932: Sonja Henie · 1936: Sonja Henie · 1948: Barbara Ann Scott · 1952: Jeannette Altwegg · 1956: Tenley Albright · 1960: Carol Heiss · 1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra · 1968: Peggy Fleming · 1972: Beatrix Schuba · 1976: Dorothy Hamill · 1980: Anett Pötzsch · 1984: Katarina Witt · 1988: Katarina Witt · 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi · 1994: Oksana Baiul · 1998: Tara Lipinski · 2002: Sarah Hughes  · 2006: Shizuka Arakawa

v • d • e World champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles 1906–07: Madge Syers-Cave • 1908–11: Lily Kronberger • 1912–14: Opika von Méray Horváth • 1922–26: Herma Szabo • 1927–36: Sonja Henie • 1937: Cecilia Colledge • 1938–39: Megan Taylor • 1947–48: Barbara Ann Scott • 1949–50: Alena Vrzáňová • 1951: Jeannette Altwegg • 1952: Jacqueline du Bief • 1953: Tenley Albright • 1954: Gundi Busch • 1955: Tenley Albright • 1956–60: Carol Heiss • 1962–64: Sjoukje Dijkstra • 1965: Petra Burka • 1966–68: Peggy Fleming • 1969–70: Gabriele Seyfert • 1971–72: Beatrix Schuba • 1973: Karen Magnussen • 1974: Christine Errath • 1975: Dianne de Leeuw • 1976: Dorothy Hamill • 1977: Linda Fratianne • 1978: Anett Pötzsch • 1979: Linda Fratianne • 1980: Anett Pötzsch • 1981: Denise Biellmann • 1982: Elaine Zayak • 1983: Rosalynn Sumners • 1984–85: Katarina Witt • 1986: Debi Thomas • 1987–88: Katarina Witt • 1989: Midori Ito • 1990: Jill Trenary • 1991–92: Kristi Yamaguchi • 1993: Oksana Baiul • 1994: Yuka Sato • 1995: Chen Lu • 1996: Michelle Kwan • 1997: Tara Lipinski • 1998: Michelle Kwan • 1999: Maria Butyrskaya • 2000–01: Michelle Kwan • 2002: Irina Slutskaya • 2003: Michelle Kwan • 2004: Shizuka Arakawa • 2005: Irina Slutskaya • 2006: Kimmie Meissner • 2007: Miki Ando • 2008: Mao Asada • 2009: Kim Yu-Na

v • d • e European champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles 1930: Fritzi Burger · 1931–1936: Sonja Henie · 1937–1939: Cecilia Colledge · 1947–1948: Barbara Ann Scott · 1949: Eva Pawlik · 1950: Alena Vrzáňová · 1951: Jeannette Altwegg · 1952: Jeannette Altwegg · 1953: Valda Osborn · 1954: Gundi Busch · 1955: Hanna Eigel · 1956: Ingrid Wendl · 1957: Hanna Eigel · 1958: Ingrid Wendl · 1959: Hanna Walter · 1960–1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra · 1965–1966: Regine Heitzer · 1967: Gabriele Seyfert · 1968: Hana Mašková · 1969–1970: Gabriele Seyfert · 1971–1972: Beatrix Schuba · 1973–1975: Christine Errath · 1976: Dianne de Leeuw · 1977–1980: Anett Pötzsch · 1981: Denise Biellmann · 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder · 1983–1988: Katarina Witt · 1989: Claudia Leistner · 1990: Evelyn Großmann · 1991–1995: Surya Bonaly · 1996–1997: Irina Slutskaya · 1998–1999: Maria Butyrskaya · 2000–2001: Irina Slutskaya · 2002: Maria Butyrskaya · 2003: Irina Slutskaya · 2004: Júlia Sebestyén · 2005–2006: Irina Slutskaya · 2007–2008: Carolina Kostner · 2009: Laura Lepistö

Awards
Preceded by Ilona Gusenbauer	Austrian Sportspersonality of the year 1972	Succeeded by Annemarie Moser-Pröll

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