Christine Errath

Christine Errath
Christine Errath
Personal information
Country represented	East Germany (represented)
Born	December 29, 1956 (1956-12-29)
Height	5'2" (158 cm)
Former coach	Inge Wischnewski
Skating club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Retired	1976
Medal record Competitor for East Germany Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games Bronze 1976 Innsbruck Ladies' singles World Championships Silver 1976 Gothenburg Ladies' singles Bronze 1975 Colorado Springs Ladies' singles Gold 1974 Munich Ladies' singles Bronze 1973 Prague Ladies' singles European Championships Bronze 1976 Geneva Ladies' singles Gold 1975 Copenhagen Ladies' singles Gold 1974 Zagreb Ladies' singles Gold 1973 Cologne Ladies' singles

Olympic medal record
Competitor for East Germany
Ladies Figure Skating
Bronze	1976 Innsbruck	Singles

Christine Errath (born 29 December 1956 in Berlin, Germany) is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist.

Biography

Errath skated for the club SC Dynamo Berlin where she was coached by Inge Wischnewski.

She was especially strong in free skating. In 1972 the changes in judging rules lead to a reduction of the importance of compulsory figures, and this worked to her advantage in winning competitions. Representing East Germany, she was World Champion in 1974, three-time European Champion between 1973 and 1975, and winner of the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Until 1973 her chief rival was Sonja Morgenstern, another skater from East Germany who was coached by Jutta Müller. In 1976 she faced another serious rival named Anett Pötzsch, also coached by Jutta Müller. Errath lost the competition to Pötzsch at the 1976 Europeans, winning only the bronze medal, but came back to medal at the Olympics and the next Worlds.

Errath was married to Ulrich Trettin, a former East German tennis champion. The marriage ended in divorce. She is a mother of two children.

Christine Errath currently works for the German TV station MDR, which produces programs in the German states of Saxony, Thuringia, and Saxony-Anhalt. She hosts the show "Außenseiter Spitzenreiter" (“Top model Outsider”) with Hans-Joachim Wolfram (creator of the Dynamo Dresden hymn "Dynamo Fever").

Results

Event	1968-69	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72	1972-73	1973-74	1974-75	1975-76
Winter Olympics				8th				3rd
World Championships			9th	10th	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd
European Championships	18th		7th	5th	1st	1st	1st	3rd
East German Championships	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
Richmond Trophy				1st

References

ISU World Championships Results: LadiesPDF

• ISU European Championships Results: LadiesPDF