Katarina's nude look
Witt's figure skates onto cover of Playboy magazine
Posted: Friday November 06, 1998 12:24 PM
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NEW YORK, New York (AP) -- Katarina Witt is trying out a new routine, and
she's not wearing skates - or anything else, for that matter.
The two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist is featured in
a 10-page photo layout in the December issue of Playboy, shown
prancing through woods and streams.
"I'm sure that some of my skating audience, when they hear I've
taken off my clothes for Playboy, will be shocked," Witt writes in
the accompanying text. "I don't know what to say except that I was
ready to do this."
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The pictures were shot in Hawaii and Witt received more than
$100,000. A Playboy spokeswoman said the skater was the first
athlete to pose for the magazine.
"We're much more open about nudity in Europe anyway, and in
East Germany, where I grew up, there were nude beaches," Witt
said. "I used to go to them - until, of course, people started to
recognize me. They would see me on the beach, look at me and say,
`Nice to meet you,' but they wouldn't be looking at my face."
Witt, who dazzled Italian ski champion Alberto Tomba at the 1988
Olympics, still skates in professional events. The 33-year-old star
next skates Friday night in Sunrise, Florida.
"I'm proud of these photos, but when I start to talk about
them, I sometimes have to laugh and ask `Who cares what I think
about them? It's time to see what other people think,'' she said.
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