Anett Pötzsch
Anett Pötzsch at theBlue Swords Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle, Berlin; 18 November 1979
Born	(1960-09-03)3 September 1960 (age 64) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	East Germany
Retired	1980
Medal record Representing East Germany Ladies'figure skating Olympic Games 1980 Lake Placid Ladies' singles World Championships 1980 Dortmund Ladies' singles 1978 Ottawa Ladies' singles 1979 Vienna Ladies' singles 1977 Tokyo Ladies' singles European Championships 1980 Gothenburg Ladies' singles 1979 Zagreb Ladies' singles 1978 Strasbourg Ladies' singles 1977 Helsinki Ladies' singles 1976 Geneva Ladies' singles 1975 Copenhagen Ladies' singles

Anett Pötzsch (laterWitt, nowRauschenbach; born 3 September 1960) is a German formerfigure skater. She is the1980 Olympic champion, two-timeWorld champion (1978, 1980), four-timeEuropean champion (1977–1980), and five-timeEast German champion (1976–1980).

Pötzsch represented the GDR (East Germany) in the ladies events at international championships. Her first coach was Brigitte Schellhorn.^[1] After Pötzsch was admitted into a sports academy,Gabriele Seyfert was assigned as her coach and later, Seyfert's mother,Jutta Müller, took over coaching duties.^[1] She was theOlympic Champion in 1980 andworld champion in 1978 and 1980. She also won theEuropean title four times, from 1977 to 1980; and theEast German title five times, from 1976 to 1980. In 1981, she announced her retirement, saying in 2011, "I had knee problems and I was not motivated because I had reached all my goals" but she said she later regretted her decision.^[1]

Pötzsch was a judge at international skating events in the late 1980s but the ISU banned her after she appeared inSkates of Gold shows and Katarina Witt's film, Carmen.^[1] The ISU restored her eligibility in 1994, along with that of professional skaters.^[1] In the 1990s, Pötzsch worked at a bank but quit her job in 1999 in order to coach.^[1] She coaches in Chemnitz, Germany, and in 2004 became anISU technical specialist.^[1] Her students include Daniel Dotzauer, the 2010German Championships bronze medalist, andSandy Hoffmann.

Pötzsch was born inKarl-Marx-Stadt,GDR (today renamedChemnitz,Germany). She married Axel Witt, the brother of fellow German figure skaterKatarina Witt, but the couple divorced in 1990.^[1] Their daughter,Claudia Rauschenbach, born in 1984, is the 2000 Germanpair skating champion withRobin Szolkowy.^[1] In 1993, Pötzsch marriedAxel Rauschenbach, who is the father of her second daughter, Cindy, and stepfather to Claudia.^[1]

• Anett Potzsch at Sports Reference
• various old news papers
• personal interview

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