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- Katarina Witt grew up in
- East Germany, which is
- now part of Germany. In
- 1981, she won the first of
- her eight national figure
- skating titles. She was 15 years old and just
- getting started. Katarina went on to win four
- world championships (1984, 1985, 1987,
- and 1988), six straight European titles (1983
- through 1988), and two Olympic gold medals.
-
- Katarina discovered skating when she was
- in kindergarten. After her class visited a
- training ground in East Germany, she
- begged her parents for skating lessons.
- Katarina showed great talent. She started
- training as much as six hours every day.
-
- In 1984, Katarina won her first Olympic