Christine Errath

Personal Information
Country represented:	East Germany (represented)
Date of birth:	December 29, 1956 (1956-12-29) (age 52)
Former coach:	Inge Wischnewski
Skating club:	SC Dynamo Berlin
Retired:	1976

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  East Germany
Ladies Figure Skating
Bronze	1976 Innsbruck	Singles

Christine Errath (born December 29, 1956, in Berlin, Germany) is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Competitive highlights 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Errath skated for the club SC Dynamo Berlin where she was coached by Inge Wischnewski.

She was especially strong in free skating. In 1972 the changes in judging rules lead to a reduction of the importance of compulsory figures, and this worked to her advantage in winning competitions. Representing East Germany, she was World Champion in 1974, three-time European Champion between 1973 and 1975, and winner of the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Until 1973 her chief rival was Sonja Morgenstern, another skater from East Germany who was coached by Jutta Müller. In 1976 she faced another serious rival named Anett Pötzsch, also coached by Jutta Müller. Errath lost the competition to Pötzsch at the 1976 Europeans, winning only the bronze medal, but came back to medal at the Olympics and the next Worlds.

Errath was married to Ulrich Trettin, a former East German tennis champion. The marriage ended in divorce. She is a mother of two children.

Christine Errath currently works for the German TV station MDR, which produces programs in the German states of Saxony, Thuringia, and Saxony-Anhalt. She hosts the show "Außenseiter Spitzenreiter" (“Top model Outsider”) with Hans-Joachim Wolfram (creator of the Dynamo Dresden hymn "Dynamo Fever"). ^{[1] [2]}

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
Winter Olympics				8th				3rd
World Championships			9th	10th	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd
European Championships	18th		7th	5th	1st	1st	1st	3rd
East German Championships	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st

[edit] References

ISU World Championships Results: LadiesPDF

• ISU European Championships Results: LadiesPDF

[edit] External links

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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

v • d • e East German Champions in Figure Skating – Ladies’ singles 1949: Gudrun Olbricht · 1950: Brigitte Schnellhorn · 1951: G. Poltin · 1952–1954: Inge Kabisch · 1956: M.-K. Dostmann · 1960: Heidemarie Steiner · 1961–1970: Gabriele Seyfert · 1971–1973: Sonja Morgenstern · 1974–1975: Christine Errath · 1976–1980: Anett Pötzsch · 1981–1988: Katarina Witt · 1989: Evelyn Großmann · 1990: Tanja Krienke

Persondata
NAME	Errath, Christine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Errath-Trettin, Christine
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH