Gabriele Seyfert

Gabriele Seyfert

Gabriele Seyfert in 1968
Personal information
Country represented	East Germany
Born	November 23, 1948 (1948-11-23) (age 63)
Height	5'3" (160 cm)
Skating club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Retired	1972
Medal record Competitor for  East Germany Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games Silver 1968 Grenoble Ladies' singles World Championships Gold 1970 Ljubljana Ladies' singles Gold 1969 Colorado Springs Ladies' singles Silver 1968 Geneva Ladies' singles Silver 1967 Vienna Ladies' singles Silver 1966 Davos Ladies' singles European Championships Gold 1970 Leningrad Ladies' singles Gold 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ladies' singles Silver 1968 Västerås Ladies' singles Gold 1967 Ljubljana Ladies' singles Silver 1966 Bratislava Ladies' singles

Olympic medal record
Figure skating
Competitor for  East Germany
Silver	1968 Grenoble	Ladies' singles

Gabriele ("Gaby") Seyfert (born 23 November 1948 in Chemnitz) is a retired German figure skater. She is a two-time world champion (1969, 1970), and the 1968 Olympic silver medalist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Results 3 References 4 Navigation

Biography

Seyfert skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and was representing the GDR (East-Germany). Her coach was her mother Jutta Müller. She was a long-time rival of Peggy Fleming, but was not able to defeat her.

Seyfert was one of the first world famous sport-stars of East Germany. In 1966, after two silver medals at the Europeans and the Worlds, she was voted as “The GDR female athlete of the year”. During 1968 she became the first woman to land a clean triple Loop.

In 1970, she ended her figure skating career surprisingly. Her daughter Sheila was born in 1972. Unlike Peggy Fleming, she could not skate professionally; offers made by Holiday on Ice were refused by East German authorities.

Seyfert turned to coaching, and worked with the Anett Pötzsch in the early 1970s.^[1] Due to the East German coach hierarchy, Pötzsch was transferred to the group of Jutta Müller, and Seyfert ended her coaching career. She then studied languages at university and worked as a professional translator. From 1985 to 1991, she led the ice ballet at the Friedrichstadtpalast in East Berlin, where she also skated occasionally. After the ice ballet was closed, she worked at a service industry business in Berlin. She lives in Berlin-Karow.

Results

Event	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Winter Olympics				19th				2nd
World Championships		21st			5th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
European Championships	21st	12th	10th		5th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st
East German Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

References

1. ^ Anett Pötzsch: Germany’s First Golden Girl

• Seyfert, Gaby: Da muss noch was sein: Mein Leben - mehr als Pflicht und Kür, 1998, ISBN 3-360-00869-3
• Seyfert, Gaby: Auf Wolke eins ist immer Platz. Single sucht Single, 2000, ISBN 3-360-00935-5
• [1] SR/Olympic Sports

Navigation

World champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles 1906–07: Madge Syers 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: Trixi 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 2010: Mao Asada 2011: Miki Ando

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: Trixi 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 2010: Carolina Kostner 2011: Sarah Meier

East German Champions in Figure Skating – Ladies’ singles 1949: Gudrun Olbricht 1950: Brigitte Schnellhorn 1951: G. Poltin 1952–1955: 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

Awards
Preceded by Hannelore Suppe	East German Sportswoman of the Year 1966	Succeeded by Karin Janz

Persondata
Name	Seyfert, Gabriele
Alternative names	Rüger-Seyfert, Gabriele
Short description	German figure skater
Date of birth	November 23, 1948
Place of birth	Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Date of death
Place of death