Manuela Groß
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Manuela Groß and Uwe Kagelmann at the ISU-Show 1976 in Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1957 East Berlin, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | SC Dynamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.