Manuela Manja Groß (later Leupold, born 29 January 1957 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German former competitive 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.

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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 (age 65) East Berlin, East Germany
Former partner	Uwe Kagelmann
Former coach	Heinz-Friedrich Lindner
Skating club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Retired	1976
Medal record Representing  East Germany Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Pairs 1972 Sapporo Pairs World Championships 1975 Colorado Springs Pairs 1973 Bratislava Pairs European Championships 1975 Copenhagen Pairs 1972 Gothenburg Pairs

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

See also

• World Figure Skating Championships

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060502042510/http://www.eklscberlin.arcgraph.de/

На других языках

[de] Manuela Groß

[it] Manuela Groß

[ru] Грос, Мануэла