Dagmar Lurz

Dagmar Lurz
Personal information
Country represented	West Germany
Born	(1959-01-18) January 18, 1959
Medal record Ladies' Figure Skating Competitor for  West Germany World Figure Skating Championships Silver 1980 Dortmund Ladies' Singles Bronze 1977 Tokyo Ladies' Singles European Championships Silver 1980 Gothenburg Ladies' Singles Silver 1979 Zagreb Ladies' Singles Silver 1978 Strasbourg Ladies' Singles Silver 1977 Helsinki Ladies' Singles

Olympic medal record
Women's figure skating
Competitor for  West Germany
Bronze	1980 Lake Placid	Singles

Dagmar Lurz (born 18 January 1959 in Dortmund, Germany) is a former German figure skater. She is the 1980 Olympic bronze medalist.

Biography

She trained in Oberstdorf under the guidance of her coach, Erich Zeller. Her main international rivals were Anett Pötzsch, Linda Fratianne, and Emi Watanabe. Like Pötzsch, Lurz was known primarily for her strong compulsory figures, usually placing slightly behind Poetzsch in figures at most major competitions between 1977 and 1980.

Lurz was able to complete two different triple jumps, Salchow and Loop, making her technically competitive with other skaters such as Pötzsch and Fratianne. However, Lurz's skating was often characterized as "skating on an egg shell," signaling the weakness in her basic skating skills. In addition, she was frequently criticized for her lack of artistry. As a result, she typically placed significantly lower in the short program and free skating portions of a competition, even with successfully completed triple jumps.

Her most successful year came in 1980, when she won the silver medals at the Europeans and the Worlds behind Pötzsch and the bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games behind Pötzsch and Fratianne. These results were highly controversial, given Lurz's short program and free skating performances at these competitions. ^{[1] [2]}

She studied medicine at the university in Cologne and currently serve as a physician for the German team.

Lurz is now an ISU Judge and Referee for Germany.^[3]

Results

References

1. ↑ New York Times 1980
2. ↑ New York Times 1980 Ladies
3. ↑ ISU Communication No. 1467 PDF