Gundi Busch
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Gundula ("Gundi") Busch (born April 29, 1935 in Milano/Italy) is a German figure skater and coach. She was the first World champion ladies' singles champion representing Germany.
Busch is a daughter of a German businessman. The family moved from Milano via Harlem/Netherlands to Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Bavaria/Germany. She began skating at age four and a half years. She took ballet classes in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and was regularly coached in London. Her coach was Thea Frenssen.
In 1954 Gundi Busch became World champion. She finished her amateur skating career and took an offer of the ice revue Holiday on Ice. In 1956 she married a Swedish professional ice hockey player Lill-Lulle Johansson. They moved with their son Peter Lulle Johansson to Stockholm/Sweden. Busch later worked there during many years as a figure skating coach, but today as a retired widow since 1997.
[edit] Results
| Event/Season | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
| German Championships | 3rd | - | 1st | 1st |
| European Championships | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 1st |
| World Championships | 10th | 6th | 2nd | 1st |
| Winter Olympics | - | 8th | - | - |
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1930: Fritzi Burger | 1931-1936: Sonja Henie | 1937-1939: Cecilia Colledge | 1947-1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1949: Eva Pawlik | 1950: Alena Vrzáňová | 1951: Jeannette Altwegg | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1953: Valda Osborn | 1954: Gundi Busch | 1955: Hanna Eigel | 1956: Ingrid Wendl | 1957: Hanna Eigel | 1958: Ingrid Wendl | 1959: Hanna Walter | 1960-1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1965-1966: Regine Heitzer | 1967: Gabriele Seyfert | 1968: Hana Mašková | 1969-1970: Gabriele Seyfert | 1971-1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1973-1975: Christine Errath | 1976: Dianne de Leeuw | 1977-1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1981: Denise Biellmann | 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 1983-1988: Katarina Witt | 1989: Claudia Leistner | 1990: Evelyn Großmann | 1991-1995: Surya Bonaly | 1996-1997: Irina Slutskaya | 1998-1999: Maria Butyrskaya | 2000-2001: Irina Slutskaya | 2002: Maria Butyrskaya | 2003: Irina Slutskaya | 2004: Júlia Sebestyén | 2005-2006: Irina Slutskaya | 2007: Carolina Kostner |
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| NAME | Busch, Gundi |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milano, Italy |
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