| LC control no. | n 88253564 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Witt, Katarina, 1965- |
| Variant(s) | Witt, Kati, 1965- Vitt, Katarina, 1965- Вит, Катарина, 1965- Vit, Katarina, 1965- Wittová, Katarina, 1965- ויט, קטרינה, 1965- Ṿiṭ, Ḳaṭrinah, 1965- Witt, Catharina, 1965- Vita, Katarīna, 1965- カタリナ・ヴィット, 1965- ヴィット, カタリナ, 1965- Vitto, Katarina, 1965- Витт, Катарина, 1965- 卡特琳娜·维特, 1965- 维特, 卡特琳娜, 1965- Weite, Katelinna, 1965- |
| Associated country | Germany (East) Germany |
| Birth date | 1965-12-03 |
| Place of birth | Staaken (Berlin, Germany) |
| Field of activity | Figure skating |
| Affiliation | Olympic Winter Games (14th : 1984 : Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Olympic Winter Games (15th : 1988 : Calgary, Alta.) Olympic Winter Games (17th : 1994 : Lillehammer, Norway) |
| Profession or occupation | Figure skaters Olympic athletes |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Heimo, B. Katarina Witt, c1988: p. 23 (b. 12/3/1965 in Staaken b. Berlin; figure skater) Wikipedia, November 29, 2014 (Katarina Witt (born 3 December 1965); German figure skater. In Germany, she was commonly called "Kati" in the past; Witt won two Olympic gold medals for East Germany, first at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. She is a four-time World champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and twice World silver medalist (1982, 1986). A feat only equalled by Sonja Henie among female skaters, Witt won six consecutive European Championships (1983-1988); Country represented: East Germany (1977-1988), Germany (1994); qualified for 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, where she finished 7th; born in Staaken in East Germany, just outside of West Berlin, which is today part of Berlin) Azerbaijani page (Katarina Vitt [in roman]) Bulgarian page (Катарина Вит = Katarina Vit) Czech page (Katarina Wittová) Hebrew page (קטרינה ויט = Ḳaṭrinah Ṿiṭ) Latin page (Catharina Witt) Latvian page (Katarīna Vita) Japanese page (カタリナ・ヴィット = Katarina Vitto) Russian page (Витт, Катарина = Vitt, Katarina) Chinese page (卡特琳娜·维特 = Katelinna Weite) |
| Associated language | ger |
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