Gabriele Seyfert

Gabriele "Gaby" Seyfert (later Rüger, then Messerschmidt, now Körner, born 23 November 1948) is a German former figure skater.

Seyfert skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and represented East Germany.

In 1966, after two silver medals at the Europeans and the Worlds, she was voted as "the GDR female athlete of the year".

[3][4] After ending her coaching career, Seyfert studied languages at university and worked as a professional translator.

After the ice ballet was closed, she worked at a service industry business in Berlin.