Manuela Groß

Manuela "Manja" Groß (later Leupold, born 29 January 1957 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German pair skater. With partner Uwe Kagelmann, she is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and she is the youngest female figure skating Olympic medalist. She turned 15 just four days before the opening of the 1972 Winter Olympics, held in Sapporo, Japan, where she won her first bronze medal in pairs skating.

Olympic medal record
Figure skating
1972 Sapporo Pairs
1976 Innsbruck Pairs
Manuela Groß
Manuela Groß and Uwe Kagelmann at the ISU-Show 1976 in Berlin
Personal information
Country represented East Germany
Born (1957-01-29) 29 January 1957
East Berlin, East Germany
Former partnerUwe Kagelmann
Former coachHeinz-Friedrich Lindner
Skating clubSC Dynamo Berlin

Groß began figure skating in Berlin. She was paired with Uwe Kagelmann. They skated for the SC Dynamo Berlin club representing East Germany. Their coach was Heinz-Friedrich Lindner.

Groß became a figure skating coach at the SC Berlin club and coaches many recreational figure skaters.

Results

pairs with Kagelmann

International
Event 68–69 69–70 70–71 71–72 72–73 73–74 74–75 75–76
Olympics3rd3rd
Worlds7th4th4th3rd4th3rd4th
Europeans7th7th4th3rd4th4th3rd4th
Blue Swords2nd1st1st1st2nd1st
National
East Germany2nd2nd1st1st1st2nd2nd
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