Anett Pötzsch is a retired German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 figure skater. She is the 1980 Olympic Champion

Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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 in Ladies Singles, two-time world champion

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

 (1978, 1980), four-time European champion

European Figure Skating Championships

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 (1977–1980) and five-time East German champion

East German Figure Skating Championships

The National Championships of the German Democratic Republic in Figure Skating were the figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the German Democratic Republic, often referred to as East Germany...

 (1976–1980).

Her first name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "Annett." The old East German newspapers always spelled it with a single 'n'.

Biography

Pötzsch was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR (today renamed Chemnitz

Chemnitz

Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...

, Germany

Germany

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). She represented the GDR (East Germany) in the ladies events at international championships. She was the Olympic Champion in 1980 and world champion

World Figure Skating Championships

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 in 1978 and 1980. She also won the European title

European Figure Skating Championships

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 four times, from 1977 to 1980; and the East German title

East German Figure Skating Championships

The National Championships of the German Democratic Republic in Figure Skating were the figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the German Democratic Republic, often referred to as East Germany...

 five times, from 1976 to 1980. Her coach was Jutta Müller

Jutta Müller

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.

Pötzsch married Axel Witt, the brother of fellow German figure skater Katarina Witt

Katarina Witt

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. The couple has a child named Claudia Rauschenbach

Claudia Rauschenbach

Claudia Rauschenbach is a German pair skater. With former partner Robin Szolkowy, she is the 2001 German national champion and 1999 & 2000 junior national champion....

, who became a German figure skating champion in pair skating

Pair skating

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. Anett Pötzsch's second husband was Axel Rauschenbach

Axel Rauschenbach

Axel Rauschenbach is a German pair skater who competed for Germany and, before its reunification, East Germany. With Mandy Wötzel, he is the 1989 European silver medalist, the 1989 & 1990 East German national champion, and 1991 German national champion...

, a former German champion in pair skating, who became Claudia's stepfather.

Pötzsch works now as a coach in Chemnitz, Germany. She is also an international judge for figure skating and an ISU

International Skating Union

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 technical specialist. She was interested in participating in ice skating shows after her amateur career, but that was impossible due to the political system in East Germany at the time.

Among her students are Daniel Dotzauer

Daniel Dotzauer

Daniel Dotzauer is a German figure skater. He is the 2010 German bronze medalist and 2006-2008 junior national champion. He lives in Dresden and is coached by Anett Pötzsch Rauschenbach.-Competitive highlights:...

 the 2010 German Championships

German Figure Skating Championships

The German Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Germany. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

 Bronze Medalist and Sandy Hoffmann

Sandy Hoffmann

Sandy Hoffmann is a German figure skater. She is the 2006 German Novice National Champion.She was coached by Evelyn Gutzeit until early summer 2008, when Gutzeit retired from coaching...

Results

Event	1972-73	1973-74	1974-75	1975-76	1976-77	1977-78	1978-79	1979-80
Winter Olympics Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...				4th				1st
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	14th	11th	8th	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	8th	7th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
East German Championships East German Figure Skating Championships The National Championships of the German Democratic Republic in Figure Skating were the figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the German Democratic Republic, often referred to as East Germany...	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Skate Canada International Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...			2nd