Dagmar Lurz (born 18 January 1959) is a German former
figure skater
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...
. She is the
1980 Olympic bronze medalist, the
1980 World silver medalist, and a four-time
European silver medalist (1977–80).
Personal life
Dagmar Lurz was born 18 January 1959 in
Dortmund
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, West Germany. She studied medicine at the university in
Cologne
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.
Career
Lurz trained in
Oberstdorf
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under the guidance of her coach,
Erich Zeller
Erich Zeller (13 January 1920 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany – 6 November 2001 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany) was a German figure skater and figure skating coach.
Erich Zeller as a skater represented the club Rot-Weiß-Berlin an ...
. Her main international rivals were
Anett Pötzsch
Anett Pötzsch (later Witt, now Rauschenbach; born 3 September 1960) is a German former Figure skating, figure skater. She is the Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, 1980 Olympic champion, two-time World Figure Skating Championships, W ...
,
Linda Fratianne
Linda Sue Fratianne (born August 2, 1960) is an American former figure skater known for winning two world-championship titles (1977, 1979), four consecutive U.S. championships (1977–1980) and a silver medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Caree ...
, and
Emi Watanabe. Like Pötzsch, Lurz was known primarily for her strong compulsory figures, usually placing slightly behind Pötzsch in figures at most major competitions between 1977 and 1980.
Lurz was able to complete two different triple jumps, the
Salchow and
loop, making her technically competitive with other skaters such as Pötzsch and Fratianne. However, even with successfully completed triple jumps, she typically placed significantly lower in the short program and free skating segments due to low presentation scores.
Her most successful year came in 1980, when she won the silver medals at the Europeans and the Worlds behind Pötzsch and the bronze medal at the Winter Olympics behind Pötzsch and Fratianne. These results were highly controversial, given Lurz's short program and free skating performances at these competitions.
[
Lurz is now an ISU Judge and Referee for Germany.]
Results
References
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1959 births
Living people
German female single skaters
Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Olympic figure skaters for West Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
Sportspeople from Dortmund
Figure skating judges
Olympic medalists in figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
European Figure Skating Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
20th-century German sportswomen