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Jan 22, 1955 Frankenberg, Saxony, Germany 69 years old
East German figure skater
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About Sonja Morgenstern
- Sonja Morgenstern (born 22 January 1955 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is a German figure skater and figure skating coach.Morgenstern was coached by Jutta Müller in Chemnitz and represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club and East Germany (GDR).
- In 1966 she won the Spartakiade in figure skating.
- Two years later she participated in the Winter Olympics.
- Her biggest success was winning the bronze medal at the European Figure Skating Championships in 1972.
- In the same year, she placed sixth at the Winter Olympics.
- Her main East German rival was Christine Errath.
- In 1973 Morgenstern ended her figure skating career as a result of injuries.
- In the early 1980s she coached the 4-year-old Stefan Lindemann. Having retired from figure skating, Morgenstern studied educational theory in Zwickau and became a teacher.
- She gave up teaching in 1981 due to the illness of her son Michael who needed special care for the first four years of his life.
- She later became a beautician.
