Gabriele Seyfert

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Gabriele ("Gaby") Seyfert (born November 23 1948 in Chemnitz) is a former German figure skater.

She skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and was representing the GDR (East-Germany). Her Coach was her mother Jutta Müller.

Gabriele Seyfert was a long time rival of Peggy Fleming (USA), but could never win against her.

Gabriele Seyfert 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 Gaby 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 of Jutta 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 the Friedrichstadtpalast 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

• 1964 – 19th place
• 1968 – 2nd place

• 1961 – not participated
• 1962 – 21st place
• 1963 – not participated
• 1964 – not participated
• 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
• 1964 – not participated
• 1965 – 5th place
• 1966 – 2nd place
• 1967 – 1st place
• 1968 – 2nd place
• 1969 – 1st place
• 1970 – 1st place

East-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 place

Books

• 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 3-360-00935-5

See also

• Figure Skating
• World Figure Skating Championships

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