Question: Where did the East German Olympic gold medalist in figure skating athlete first win a medal at the Olympics ?

text: List of Olympic medalists in figure skating
Multi-medalists -- Multiple golds
Swedish Gillis Grafström , is a three-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the men 's singles . The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Gillis Grafström in men 's singles , Sonja Henie in ladies ' singles , and Irina Rodnina in pairs . The most consecutive titles in ice dance is two , which has only been achieved by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov . In addition , one ladies ' singles skater , three men 's singles skaters , and five pairs skaters have earned consecutive titles . Two ice dancers and three pair skaters have earned non-consecutive titles . Five skaters have won Olympic gold medals in multiple events . Evgeni Plushenko won gold in men 's singles in 2006 and team event gold in 2014 . Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov were the first skaters to win multiple events at a single Olympics , winning both pairs and the team event . Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir matched this feat four years later , earning golds in ice dance and the team event .
Figure skating has been part of the Olympic Games since 1908 and has been included in 25 Olympic Games. There have been 271 medals (91 gold, 90 silver, and 90 bronze) awarded to figure skaters representing 29 representing National Olympic Committees. Six events have been contested but one, men's special figures, was discontinued after a single Olympics. Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only figure skaters to win five Olympic medals (3 gold, 2 silver). Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström (3 gold, 1 silver) and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko (2 gold, 2 silver) each have four medals. Seventeen figure skaters have won three medals. The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie (Norway) in ladies' singles, and Irina Rodnina (Soviet Union) in pairs. Sixteen figure skaters have earned two golds within the same discipline and five skaters have earned gold in two separate Olympic events. On two occasions, there has been a podium sweep. Russian figure skaters hold the unique record for earning gold medals in all six Olympic figure skating events. Three skaters won Olympic medals in multiple figure skating disciplines.
Athlete Nation Olympics Golds Event ( s )
Gillis Grafström Sweden ( SWE ) 1920-1928 3 men 's singles
Sonja Henie Norway ( NOR ) 1928-1936 3 ladies ' singles
Irina Rodnina Soviet Union ( URS ) 1972-1980 3 pairs
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Canada ( CAN ) 2010 , 2018 3 2 in ice dance ( 2010 , 2018 ) 1 in team event ( 2018 )
Karl Schäfer Austria ( AUT ) 1932-1936 2 men 's singles
Dick Button United States ( USA ) 1948-1952 2 men 's singles
Yuzuru Hanyu Japan ( JPN ) 2014-2018 2 men 's singles
Evgeni Plushenko Russia ( RUS ) 2006 , 2014 2 1 in men 's singles ( 2006 ) 1 in team event ( 2014 )
Katarina Witt East Germany ( GDR ) 1984-1988 2 ladies ' singles
Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet France ( FRA ) 1928-1932 2 pairs
Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Soviet Union ( URS ) 1964-1968 2 pairs
Alexander Zaitsev Soviet Union ( URS ) 1976-1980 2 pairs
Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Soviet Union ( URS ) Russia ( RUS ) 1988 , 1994 2 pairs
Artur Dmitriev Unified Team ( EUN ) Russia ( RUS ) 1992 , 1998 2 pairs
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Russia ( RUS ) 2014 2 1 in pairs 1 in team event
Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov Russia ( RUS ) 1994-1998 2 ice dance