- Gabriele Seyfert
Gabriele ("Gaby") Seyfert (born
November 23 ,1948 inChemnitz ) is a former German figure skater.Biography
She skated for the club
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and was representing theGDR (East-Germany ). Her coach was her motherJutta Müller .Seyfert was a long-time rival of
Peggy Fleming (U.S.), but could never win against her.She 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”. 1968 she became the first woman to land a clean triple Loop.
In 1970 she finished her figure skating career surprisingly. Her daughter Sheila was born in 1972. Unlike Peggy Fleming she could not skate for the ice revue
Holiday on Ice . The offers made by Holiday on Ice were refused by East German authorities.At first Seyfert worked as a coach. In this position she worked together with the very talented skater
Anett Pötzsch . Due to the East German coach hierarchy Anett Pötzsch was transferred to the group ofJutta Müller . Totally frustrated about that Gabriele Seyfert quit from being a coach and studied languages at the university and worked as a professional translator. From 1985 to 1991 she led the ice ballet at theFriedrichstadtpalast in East Berlin, where she also skated occasionally. After this ice ballet was closed she became customer supporter in a service industry business in Berlin. She lives now in Berlin-Karow.Results
Olympic Winter Games
* 1964 – 19th place
* 1968 – 2nd place* 1962 – 21st place
* 1965 – 5th place
* 1966 – 2nd place
* 1967 – 2nd place
* 1968 – 2nd place
* 1969 – 1st place
* 1970 – 1st place* 1961 – 21st place
* 1962 – 12th place
* 1963 – 10th place
* 1965 – 5th place
* 1966 – 2nd place
* 1967 – 1st place
* 1968 – 2nd place
* 1969 – 1st place
* 1970 – 1st placeEast-German Nationals
* 1961 – 1st place
* 1962 – 1st place
* 1963 – 1st place
* 1964 – 1st place
* 1965 – 1st place
* 1966 – 1st place
* 1967 – 1st place
* 1968 – 1st place
* 1969 – 1st place
* 1970 – 1st placeBooks
*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 3-360-00935-5Navigation
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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=
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