Tanja Szewczenko was born on 26 July 1977 and is a German former figure skater and occasional actress.
18 Facts About Tanja Szewczenko
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Tanja Szewczenko is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1997 Champions Series Final silver medalist, 1998 European bronze medalist, and 1993 World Junior bronze medalist.
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Tanja Szewczenko won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Junior Championships.
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In 1993, at the age of 16, Tanja Szewczenko won her first international competition at the Nations Cup in Germany, defeating the reigning world champion Oksana Baiul.
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Tanja Szewczenko competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
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Tanja Szewczenko won a bronze medal at the 1994 World Championships.
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Tanja Szewczenko made a comeback in late 1997, winning on home ice at the 1997 Sparkassen Cup on Ice in Gelsenkirchen, Germany over eventual World champion, Irina Slutskaya.
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Tanja Szewczenko won the silver medal behind American Tara Lipinski.
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Tanja Szewczenko won a bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Milan, Italy.
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Tanja Szewczenko contracted a severe flu at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and withdrew from the event.
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Tanja Szewczenko finished 9th at the 1998 World Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota a month later.
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Tanja Szewczenko retired from competitive figure skating in 2000 to concentrate on modelling and acting.
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Tanja Szewczenko is the last German ladies' singles skater to medal at an ISU Championships.
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Tanja Szewczenko posed for the German edition of Playboy magazine in April 1999 and March 2007.
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From September 2006 until 2009, Tanja Szewczenko appeared in the German soap opera Alles was zahlt on RTL Television.
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Tanja Szewczenko played the role of Diana Sommer, an inline courier, who trained as a figure skater alongside the wealthy daughter of a fitness center mogul.
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In January 2009, Tanja Szewczenko left the series to return to show skating, joining the Holiday on Ice show with Jeschke.
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Tanja Szewczenko and Norman Jeschke have a daughter who was born in February 2011 and twin sons who were born in April 2021.