Gundula "Gundi" Busch was a German figure skater.
13 Facts About Gundi Busch
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Gundi Busch was the 1954 World champion, the 1954 European champion, and a two-time West German national champion.
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Gundula Busch was born on April 29,1935, in Milan, Italy.
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Gundi Busch took ballet classes in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and visited London in 1950 to learn from elite skaters.
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Gundi Busch began representing West Germany at major international events in 1951, after becoming the national bronze medalist.
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Gundi Busch took silver at the 1953 European Championships in Dortmund, finishing second to Valda Osborn of the United Kingdom.
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Gundi Busch won gold at the 1954 European Championships in Bolzano, ahead of British skaters Erica Batchelor and Yvonne Sugden.
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Gundi Busch then outscored Albright and Batchelor for the gold medal at the 1954 World Championships in Oslo.
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Gundi Busch was the first ladies' single skater representing Germany to become a world champion.
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Gundi Busch performed as a professional skater at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1955.
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Gundi Busch married a Swedish professional ice hockey player, Lill-Lulle Johansson, in 1955.
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Gundi Busch worked as a figure skating coach in Sweden for many years before retiring in 1997.
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Gundi Busch died after a prolonged illness at Stockholm's Saint Goran Hospital on January 31,2014.