Gundi Busch

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Gundula ("Gundi") Busch (born April 29, 1935 in Milano/Italy) is a German figure skater and coach. She was the first World champion ladies' singles champion representing Germany.

Busch is a daughter of a German businessman. The family moved from Milano via Harlem/Netherlands to Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Bavaria/Germany. She began skating at age four and a half years. She took ballet classes in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and was regularly coached in London. Her coach was Thea Frenssen.

In 1954 Gundi Busch became World champion. She finished her amateur skating career and took an offer of the ice revue Hollywood Ice Revue. In 1955 she married a Swedish professional ice hockey player Lill-Lulle Johansson. They moved with their son Peter Lulle Johansson to Stockholm/Sweden. Busch later worked there during many years as a figure skating coach, but today as a retired widow since 1997.

[edit] Results

Event/Season 1951 1952 1953 1954
Winter Olympics 8th
World Championships 10th 6th 2nd 1st
European Championships 6th 7th 2nd 1st
German Championships 3rd 1st 1st


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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
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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
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German champions in figure skating – Ladies' Singles

1911: Elsa Rendschmidt · 1912: Luise Strasilla · 1913–1914: Thea Frenssen · 1917–1918: Thea Frenssen · 1919–1920: Elaine Winter · 1921: Ellen Brockhöft · 1922: Elaine Winter · 1923–1927: Ellen Brockhöft · 1928–1931: Katrin Flebbe · 1932: Ruth Michaelis · 1933–1935: Maxi Herber · 1936: Viktoria Lindpainter · 1937–1941: Lydia Veicht · 1942–1944: Marta Musilek · 1947: Inge Jell · 1948: Irene Braun · 1949–1951: Helga Dudzinski · 1952: Erika Kraft · 1953–1954: Gundi Busch · 1955–1956: Rosi Pettinger · 1957–1959: Ina Bauer · 1960: Bärbel Martin · 1961: Karin Gude · 1962: Inge Paul · 1963: Karin Gude · 1964: Inge Paul · 1965: Uschi Keszler · 1966: Angelika Wagner · 1967–1968: Monika Feldmann · 1969–1971: Eileen Zillmer · 1972–1974: Gerti Schanderl · 1975: Isabel de Navarre · 1976: Gerti Schanderl · 1977–1980: Dagmar Lurz · 1981: Karin Riediger · 1982–1984: Manuela Ruben · 1985–1989: Claudia Leistner · 1990: Patricia Neske · 1991–1993: Marina Kielmann · 1994–1995: Tanja Szewczenko · 1996: Astrid Hochstetter · 1997: Eva-Maria Fitze · 1998: Tanja Szewczenko · 1999: Eva-Maria Fitze · 2000–2001: Susanne Stadlmüller · 2002: Katharina Häcker · 2003–2006: Annette Dytrt · 2007: Kristin Wieczorek · 2008: Sarah Hecken
Persondata
NAME Busch, Gundi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Milano, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH