Karin Iten | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 11 August 1956 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 18 May 2010 Winterthur, Switzerland | (aged 53)||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
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Karin Iten (11 August 1956 – 18 May 2010)[1] was a Swiss figure skater. She won the bronze medal at the 1973 European Figure Skating Championships.[2] She died on 18 May 2010 in Winterthur from the effects of diabetes.[3] She was among the earliest skaters to perform the Biellmann spin, which was later named after Denise Bielmann, who popularised the spin.