Manuela Groß

Manuela Groß genuinely impresses me. To win two Olympic bronze medals in pairs with Uwe Kagelmann, and to become the youngest female figure skating Olympic medalist, all while coming up through the rigid East German system at the height of the Cold War, takes a nerve most of us cannot imagine. The Patriotic Order of Merit only underlines how much her country valued her. She earned a permanent line in skating history before most people her age had figured anything out.

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Name (English)

Manuela Groß

Name (Japanese)

マヌエラ・グロス

Reading

まぬえら・ぐろす

Born

January 29, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Berlin, Germany

Height

162 cm

Occupation

figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela%20Gro%C3%9F
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463344

Tags

• figure skater

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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