SC Karl-Marx-Stadt


SC Karl-Marx-Stadt was a sports club located at Karl-Marx-Stadt in the German Democratic Republic.
Established in 1945, the sports club went through a variation of name changes until 1 July 1963, settling with SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, which lasted until its dissolution around the end of 1990.

Sports

Figure skating

SC Karl-Marx-Stadt's figure skaters had won medals in Olympic, World, European, international and national competitions.
The coach for the club's singles' ladies and men's figure skating from 1960 through 1990 was Jutta Müller, who also coached her own daughter, Gabriele Seyfert. Seyfert, the first person Müller coached, won ten consecutive East German national championships from 1961 to 1970, three European Championships, two World Championships, as well as placing second in the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, becoming East Germany's first person to win an Olympic medal. Ladies figure skaters that Müller coached included Seyfert, Martina Clausner, Sonja Morgenstern, Simone Gräfe, Steffi Knoll, Anett Pötzsch, Marion Weber, Katarina Witt, Constanze Gensel, Evelyn Großmann, Simone Lang and Claudia Wagler. Men's figure skaters she coached included Günter Zöller, Klaus Purrücker, Jan Hoffmann, Nils Köpp, Rico Krahnert and Ronny Winkler. Jan Hoffmann was the most successful male figure skater from East Germany, having won four European Championship titles, two World Championship titles and a silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. Anett Pötzsch won four European Championship titles, two World Championships and a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, the first Olympic gold medal in figure skating for the GDR. Pötzsch ended her career in 1980. Katarina Witt was the most successful East German with six Championship titles, four World Championship titles and two Olympic victories.
In addition to Jutta Müller, Irene Salzmann coached pairs figure skaters Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach for SC Karl-Marx-Stadt.
In late 1990, SC Karl-Marx-Stadt was succeeded by Eissportverein Chemnits, which itself was succeeded by Chemnitzer Eislauf-Club e.V., in late 1998.

SC Karl-Marx-Stadt medalists

;Olympic Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1968Gabriele Seyfert
1980Jan Hoffmann
1980Anett Pötzsch
1984Katarina Witt
1988Katarina Witt

;World Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1966Gabriele Seyfert
1967Gabriele Seyfert
1968Gabriele Seyfert
1969Gabriele Seyfert
1970Gabriele Seyfert
1970Günter Zöller
1973Jan Hoffmann
1974Jan Hoffmann
1976Jan Hoffmann
1977Jan Hoffmann
1977Anett Pötzsch
1978Anett Pötzsch
1978Jan Hoffmann
1979Jan Hoffmann
1979Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1979Anett Pötzsch
1980Anett Pötzsch
1980Jan Hoffmann
1981Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1982Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1982Katarina Witt
1983Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1984Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1984Katarina Witt
1985Katarina Witt
1986Katarina Witt
1987Katarina Witt
1988Katarina Witt

;European Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1966Gabriele Seyfert
1967Gabriele Seyfert
1968Gabriele Seyfert
1969Gabriele Seyfert
1970Gabriele Seyfert
1970Günter Zöller
1972Sonja Morgenstern
1973Jan Hoffmann
1974Jan Hoffmann
1975Anett Pötzsch
1976Anett Pötzsch
1976Jan Hoffmann
1977Jan Hoffmann
1977Anett Pötzsch
1978Anett Pötzsch
1978Jan Hoffmann
1979Jan Hoffmann
1979Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1979Anett Pötzsch
1980Anett Pötzsch
1980Jan Hoffmann
1982Katarina Witt
1982Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1983Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1983Katarina Witt
1984Katarina Witt
1984Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1985Katarina Witt
1986Katarina Witt
1987Katarina Witt
1988Katarina Witt
1989Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach
1990Evelyn Großmann

;East German Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1961Gabriele Seyfert
1962Gabriele Seyfert
1963Günter Zöller
1963Gabriele Seyfert
1964Günter Zöller
1964Gabriele Seyfert
1964Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1964Eva Marie Reuter / Bernd Egert
1965Günter Zöller
1965Gabriele Seyfert
1965Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1965Eva Marie Reuter / Bernd Egert
1966Günter Zöller
1966Gabriele Seyfert
1966Martina Clausner
1966Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1966Steffi Böhme / Bernd Egert
1967Günter Zöller
1967Klaus Purrücker
1967Gabriele Seyfert
1967Martina Clausner
1967Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1967Steffi Böhme / Bernd Egert
1968Günter Zöller
1968Gabriele Seyfert
1968Martina Clausner
1968Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1968Steffi Böhme / Bernd Egert
1969Günter Zöller
1969Jan Hoffmann
1969Gabriele Seyfert
1969Sonja Morgenstern
1969Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1969Sylke Müller / Peter Müller
1970Günter Zöller
1970Jan Hoffmann
1970Gabriele Seyfert
1970Sonja Morgenstern
1970Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann
1970Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1970Sylke Müller / Peter Müller
1971Jan Hoffmann
1971Sonja Morgenstern
1971Simone Gräfe
1971Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann
1972Jan Hoffmann
1972Sonja Morgenstern
1972Steffi Knoll
1972Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann
1973Jan Hoffmann
1973Sonja Morgenstern
1973Anett Pötzsch
1973Antje Heck / Tassilo Thierbach
1974Jan Hoffmann
1974Anett Pötzsch
1974Marion Weber
1975Anett Pötzsch
1975Steffi Knoll
1976Jan Hoffmann
1976Anett Pötzsch
1976Marion Weber
1976Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1977Jan Hoffmann
1977Anett Pötzsch
1977Marion Weber
1977Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1978Jan Hoffmann
1978Anett Pötzsch
1978Marion Weber
1978Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1979Jan Hoffmann
1979Anett Pötzsch
1979Katarina Witt
1979Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1980Jan Hoffmann
1980Anett Pötzsch
1980Katarina Witt
1980Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1981Katarina Witt
1981Gesine Bosdorf / Jens Preussner
1982Katarina Witt
1982Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1982Gesine Bosdorf / Jens Preussner
1983Nils Köpp
1983Katarina Witt
1983Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1984Nils Köpp
1984Katarina Witt
1984Constanze Gensel
1984Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
1985Nils Köpp
1985Katarina Witt
1985Constanze Gensel
1985Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer
1985Peggy Seidel / Ralf Seifert
1986Nils Köpp
1986Katarina Witt
1986Constanze Gensel
1986Peggy Seidel / Ralf Seifert
1987Nils Köpp
1987Katarina Witt
1987Antje Schramm / Jens Müller
1988Rico Krahnert
1988Katarina Witt
1988Evelyn Großmann
1988Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach
1989Ronny Winkler
1989Rico Krahnert
1989Evelyn Großmann
1989Simone Lang
1989Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach
1989Ines Müller / Ingo Steuer
1990Ronny Winkler
1990Claudia Wagler
1990Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach
1990Ines Müller / Ingo Steuer

Eissportverein Chemnits (EVC) medalists

;Olympic Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1998Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer

;World Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1993Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1996Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1997Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer

;European Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1991Evelyn Großmann
1993Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1995Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1996Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1997Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer

;German Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1991Ronny Winkler
1991Evelyn Großmann
1991Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach
1992Ronny Winkler
1992Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach
1993Ronny Winkler
1993Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1994Ronny Winkler
1994Katarina Witt
1994Anuschka Gläser / Axel Rauschenbach
1995Ronny Winkler
1995Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1995Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex
1996Ronny Winkler
1996Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
1996Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex
1997Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer

Chemnitzer Eislauf-Club e.V. (CEC) medalists

;Olympic Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
2010Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2014Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2018Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot

;World Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
2007Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2008Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2009Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2010Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2011Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2012Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2013Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2014Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2016Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
2017Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
2018Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot

;European Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
2006Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2007Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2008Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2009Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2010Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2011Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2013Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2016Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
2017Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot

;German Figure Skating Championships
YearMedalName
1999Stefanie Weiss / Matthias Bleyer
2000Katharina Rybkowski / Rico Rex
2001Claudia Rauschenbach / Robin Szolkowy
2002Nicole Nönnig / Matthias Bleyer
2003Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex
2003Nicole Nönnig / Matthias Bleyer
2004Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2004Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex
2005Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2005Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex
2006Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2006Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex
2007Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2008Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2009Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2010Nicole Gurny / Martin Liebers
2011Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2012Martin Rappe
2014Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2015Lutricia Bock
2016Lutricia Bock
2016Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
2018Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
2019Jennifer Urban / Benjamin Steffan
2020Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan

Speed skating

In contrast to figure skating, speed skating produced only one athlete of world class. Gabi Pliers won three Olympic bronze medals, 12 World Championship medals, and four European title. Speed skating and figure skating went on to form a new successor club upon German reunification.

Football

The footballers of the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt originally began play in 1954, and like the club's other sports upon German reunification, went on to a newly-created successor club with a new name.

Weight lifting

The Weightlifters were numerically the most successful department of SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, with 125 medals coming from the Olympics, World and European Championships.

Athletics

Track and field athletes of the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt were quite successful, winning two Olympic gold medals, two World Championships and seven European Championship titles.

Cycling

The track cyclists of the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt won two silver medals at the Olympic Games.

Swimming

Swimming produced 119 medals, of which 72 were Olympic gold medals, World and European Championships and was the most successful section of the sporting club with titles.

Gymnastics

The KTV Chemnitz emerged from the section of gymnastics as its successor sports club.

Medals

Medals of athletes of the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1963 to 1989.