Christine Errath

Christine Errath (later Trettin then Stüber, born 29 December 1956) is a German former figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1974 World champion, and a three-time European champion.

Christine Errath
Christine Errath c. 1974
Personal information
Full nameChristine Stüber-Errath
Country represented East Germany
Born (1956-12-29) 29 December 1956
Berlin, East Germany
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Former coachInge Wischnewski
Former skating clubSC Dynamo Berlin
Retired1976
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Ladies' figure skating
Olympic Games
1976 Innsbruck Ladies' singles
World Championships
1976 GothenburgLadies' singles
1975 Colorado SpringsLadies' singles
1974 MunichLadies' singles
1973 PragueLadies' singles
European Championships
1976 GenevaLadies' singles
1975 CopenhagenLadies' singles
1974 ZagrebLadies' singles
1973 CologneLadies' singles

Career

Coached by Inge Wischnewski,[2] Errath trained at SC Dynamo Berlin and competed for East Germany.

Being especially strong in free skating, Errath benefited from the reduction in value of compulsory figures introduced in 1972. She became World champion in 1974[3] and a three-time European champion between 1973 and 1975.[4]

Until 1973, Errath's chief rival was Sonja Morgenstern, an East German coached by Jutta Müller. In 1976, her main rival was Anett Pötzsch, also coached by Müller. Errath took bronze at the 1976 European Championships and at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She retired after winning the silver medal at the 1976 World Championships.

Personal life

Errath was formerly married to Ulrich Trettin, a former East German tennis champion, with whom she has two children, Jenny and Marcus. In 2006, she remarried, to orthodontist Paul Stüber, and is now known as Christine Stüber-Errath.

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").[5][6] In 2010, she published her book Die Pirouettenkönigin (Pirouette Queen).[1]

Results
International
Event 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76
Winter Olympics8th3rd
World Champ.9th10th3rd1st3rd2nd
European Champ.18th7th5th1st1st1st3rd
Richmond Trophy1st
Blue Swords3rd3rd2nd1st1st1st1st1st
Prize of Moscow News5th
National
East German Champ.3rd3rd2nd2nd2nd1st1st

References
  1. Christine Errath. sports-reference.com
  2. "Weltmeister-Trainerin Inge Wischnewski verstorben" [World champion coach Inge Wischnewski has died]. Deutsche Presse-Agentur (in German). westline.de. 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. "World Championships results: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013.
  4. "European Championships results: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2013.
  5. Historie. eklscberlin.arcgraph.de
  6. Der Moderator Hans-Joachim Wolfram. mdr.de (22 December 2010)
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