PLAYBOY MAGAZINE December 1998 Mbox2481 Katarina Witt David Duchovny Gore Vidal

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To speak to this accomplishment, she joined the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019. In terms of nude athletes coming from the wrestling world, she is perhaps the most revered of all. It was a double because the insurance was too much for me to do that scene. At the same time as that was being shot on the ice I was being asked would I like a cup of tea! Talking to the Telegraph, Katarina explained her motives for doing the photo-shoot. "It was the right moment," says Witt. "Some girls did Playboy to enhance their career but at this point I was at my peak. I was the most successful figure skater in the world, touring more than 60 cities in America and travelling by private jet." Using that success to her advantage, she agreed to the shoot on the grounds that she had creative control over the arrangements, adding, "I was filming the movie Ronin with Robert De Niro. It was an incredible year and when the Playboy offer came in I thought, why not? For 10 years I turned it down but they gave me all the rights for choosing the photographer, location and how the pictures looked." The end result was a magazine that sold out for the first time since Marilyn Monroe in 1953. In 1996, Witt had a cameo appearance in the movie Jerry Maguire and on the television show Everybody Loves Raymond.

The blonde bombshell bagged more than just belts and awards and was one of the first WWE divas to get an opportunity to pose for Playboy. The venture went well not only for Sable’s career but also proved to be one of the highest-selling Playboy issues of all time. Sable did not only appear once on the cover but thrice and twice in the same year. Hats off to this diva!Witt made her first appearance in a major international competition at the 1979 European Championships, finishing 14th at the event. At the 1981 World Championships, she placed 1st in the short, 3rd in the long, and 2nd in the combined free skate, missing a medal due to low placement in figures. She placed on a major podium for the first time in 1982, winning silver at both the European and World Championships. She had a great shot at winning the 1982 World Championships, which she only required winning the long program to do. However, she stepped out of three jumps, including the legendary triple flip, the complex element she was the very first woman to accomplish, and a relatively easy double axel, which cost her the long program win and the overall gold medal. The eventual winner of the competition was Elaine Zayak, who landed six triples. The next season, she won her first European title but finished off the World podium in fourth place, because she was 8th in compulsory figures despite winning the combined free skating. Had she placed 1st in the long program instead of 2nd (on a 5–4 split) to Sumners, she would have jumped to the silver over both Leistner and Vodorezova. Her free skate with a triple flip and five triples was technically superior to Sumners', and many believed she should have taken the crucial 1st place in this phase. McD, Mike. "The 40 Hottest Female Athletes Of The Decade". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Butyrskaya’s figure skating career is another great example of how hard work and intensive training can translate into incredible performances. The Russian figure skater won the 1999 World Championship, she won three-times the European Championship and six-times the Russian National Figure Skating Championship. Maria Butyrskaya finished fourth at the 1998 Winter Olympics and sixth at the 2002 Winter Olympics. It also spiked a lot of feuds amongst other female wrestlers, while Torrie enjoyed the attention she got on her Playboy cover. In March 2004, Torrie was featured on the Playboy cover once again with her no. 1 rival Sable.

Sable also has quite the acting career under her belt. She appeared in films including Corky Romano, Ariana’s Quest, The Final Victim, and Sins of the Realm. She has also appeared in various television shows, including Relic Hunter, First Wave, and Pacific Blue. Witt's humour - so refreshingly different to more finely-honed political types who head up Olympic bids - was sorely put to the test when she skated for the then communist state. Gabrielle gained national notoriety after being nominated by Elle as “one of the five most beautiful women in the world” in 1989. Moreover, Women’s Sports & Fitness named Gabby one of the ‘20 Most Influential Women in Sports’. Karen Karbo best describes this amazing athlete: “ She accomplishes these things by tapping into her aggressive, competitive side without losing sight of her emotional center or her femininity. Gabrielle Reece is an inspiration to all girls and women who want to become the heroes of their own lives.”

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As she readily admits all is not what it might seem when it comes to film as she discovered in the 1998 thriller Ronin directed by the esteemed John Frankenheimer and starring Oscar winning actor Robert de Niro and French great Jean Reno. Witt represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club for East Germany (GDR). Jutta Müller began coaching her in 1977. Witt trained six days a week, [3] sometimes for seven hours a day with three hours spent on compulsory figures. [ citation needed] Witt in 1982 To tell you the truth I wasn't shot!" laughed Witt, who also won a prestigious Emmy (the Oscars of television) award for 'Carmen on Ice'. Judging panel revealed for the new series of Dancing On Ice". ITV. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011.