The comeback 'kids' Sep 11, 2008
Katarina Witt The East German pin-up girl won it all in a glittering career that featured two Olympic golds, four world titles and six European crowns. She quit the ice as a competitive skater in 1988 at just 23 but returned six years later for the 1994 Games at Lillehammer. (iAfrica.com)
Kwan mulls an Olympic encore in Vancouver Aug 21, 2008
The oldest woman to win gold since that time was Katarina Witt. She was 22 at the 1988 Games. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Golden Boys & Girls Aug 13, 2008
Swimmer Amanda Beard in 2006 (incongruous surname for a pretty woman), figure skater Katarina Witt in 1998 (only the second time Playboy got sold out after Marilyn Monroe), American high-jumper Amy Acuff and Leryn Franco, the Paraguayan javelin-thrower. Swimmers Dara Torres and Stephanie Rice stripped for Maxim and FHM. Rebecca Romero posed nude for Powerade, Beijing's official drink. (India Times, India)
Athletes went from Nixon to naked Aug 13, 2008
Two-time Olympic gold figure skater Katarina Witt's 1998 Playboy appearance was just the second issue of the magazine to sell out ... Ms. Horn-Miller, now 32, was part of a trend that may have started with Olympic double gold medalist figure skater Katarina Witt, who in 1998 posed for Playboy, only the second issue of the magazine to sell out, the first being the inaugural one which featured a Marilyn Monroe centrefold. (Globe and Mail)
Torres, 41, seeks a return for the ages Jul 3, 2008
Or Katarina Witt, Steffi Graf or Bonnie Blair return to the big time in figure skating, tennis or speedskating. Not just for a curtain call, but with a good chance of winning. (USA Today -- Sports)
JOCKS WHO LIKE BEING NAKED May 29, 2008
What about figure skater Katarina Witt. Yes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Other Sports Mar 6, 2008
BERLIN, 7:58 a.m. March 5 (AP) : Two-time Olympic champion Katarina Witt ended her show career on ice with a final performance as Carmen the role that accompanied her greatest triumph. IRVINE, March 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE) : Whether it was the fresh-faced players with Eaters stitched across their jerseys or just some Midwestern fascination with an insect-eating mascot, the city of Omaha adopted the UC Irvine baseball team as its own last year at the College World Series. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Figure skating in need of sharpening Jan 24, 2008
Of course, they all did admit to racing into the room when it was Katarina Witt's turn to skate ... "Women who still are a majority of our demographic like to see other women competing for the top honors: Katarina Witt, Debi Thomas, Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan. They relate to them better. They appreciate them. They don't relate to the way the little girls skate. You don't get the same depth of skating with a teenager.". (USA Today -- Sports)
Figure skating having to find its way again Jan 19, 2008
They dont have the star quality like Katarina Witt or Kristi Yamaguchi or Michelle Kwan because theyre so tiny. And they cant grasp the males, especially the older males who want to watch the hot girl. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Agents of change May 9, 2007
He dreamed of marrying figure-skating champion Katarina Witt. And each night before he went to bed, he prayed that he would wake up the next morning with something he had always wanted: a penis. (Globe and Mail)
Rewind: How Does 'Blades Of Glory' Figure Into Past Skating Flicks? Mar 27, 2007
Not to be confused with the 1995 Cinderella-on-ice TV project starring Katarina Witt, 2005's "Ice Prin 0000376E cess" is as much an ode to math as to the sport of skating. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" little sister Michelle Trachtenberg stars as Casey Carlyle, a nerdy teen physics whiz who comes up with a formula to jump higher and spin faster, and before you can say "phenomenology," Casey's skipped years of training, landed in regional competition and transformed into a beautiful swan. (VHI.com -- Music News)
