Sonja Morgenstern

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Sonja Morgenstern
Sonja Morgenstern in 1970
Born	(1955-01-22) 22 January 1955 (age 69) Frankenberg, Saxony, East Germany
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	East Germany
Retired	1973
Medal record Representing  East Germany Ladies' Figure skating European Championships 1972 Gothenburg Ladies' singles

Sonja Morgenstern (born 22 January 1955) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor.^[1]

Morgenstern was coached by Jutta Müller in Chemnitz and represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club and East Germany (GDR). In 1966 she won the Spartakiade in figure skating. Two years later she participated in the Winter Olympics. Her biggest success was winning the bronze medal at the European Figure Skating Championships in 1972. In the same year, she placed sixth at the Winter Olympics. Her main East German rival was Christine Errath. In 1973 Morgenstern ended her figure skating career as a result of injuries. In the early 1980s she coached the 4-year-old Stefan Lindemann.

Having retired from figure skating, Morgenstern studied educational theory in Zwickau and became a teacher. She gave up teaching in 1981 due to the illness of her son Michael who needed special care for the first four years of his life. She later became a beautician.