Question: Who has won the most Olympic medals for figure skating, Debi Thomas or Katarina Witt?

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The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition organized by the United States Figure Skating Association.  In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships, 2000 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2000 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.  Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. The Battle of the Carmens is an informal name given to a figure skating rivalry between East German Katarina Witt and American Debi Thomas during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.  The competition is so named because both Witt and Thomas independently elected to skate to the music of Bizet's opera "Carmen" in their respective long programs. Both skaters had performed very well at the 1987 World Figure Skating Championships (Witt won, with Thomas placing a close second), so it was expected that the duel for Olympic gold in 1988 would constitute a showdown between these two women. The 2014 Danish Figure Skating Championships (Danish: "Danske Mesterskaber 2014" ) were the Danish Figure Skating Championships of the 2013-2014 figure skating season.  Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles and ice dancing on the levels of Senior, Junior, Novice, and the pre-Novice levels of Debs, Springs, and Cubs for the title of national champion of Denmark.  The results of this competition were used to choose the teams to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships, the 2014 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the 2013 European Figure Skating Championships, and the 2014 Nordic Figure Skating Championships. The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Championships are the figure skating national championships held annually to crown the national champions of Puerto Rico.  Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies singles across the levels of senior (Olympic-level), junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile.  Not every event has been held in every year due to a lack of entries.  The National Championships are organized by the Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation.  The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation is not affiliated with the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (In Spanish, Comite Olimpico de Puerto Rico), and therefore can not represent Puerto Rico internationally or compete in the Winter Olympic Games.  Although the Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation became a member of the International Skating Union, the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee has not recognized it, nor is listed in the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee website.  The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation is essentially a club seeking recognition by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee.  Created and formed by the family of the first Puerto Rican figure skater Kristine Stone Cruz (who trained in the Ice House in Hackensack New Jersey).  She held the title 2 years in a row.  Kristine is now coaching as well as skating in Omaha, Nebraska at the Ralston Arena. U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States.  It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating Union ("ISU").  Although the name of the organization is “the United States Figure Skating Association” it is known as and conducts business under the name “U.S. Figure Skating.”  Founded in 1921, U.S. Figure Skating regulates and governs the sport and defines and maintains the standard of skating proficiency.  It specifies the rules for testing, competitions and all other figure skating related activities.  U.S. Figure Skating promotes interest and participation in the sport by assisting member clubs, skaters, and athletes, appointing officials, organizing competitions, exhibitions, and other figure skating pursuits, and offering a wide variety of programs. For the Summer and Winter Olympics, there are 27 venues that have been or will be used for figure skating.  This is one of two sports in the Winter Olympics to debut in the Summer Olympics with ice hockey being the other.  The first venue for the event took place during the 1908 Games was held indoors.  Twelve years later, the venue joined ice hockey as another Winter Olympic sport in the Summer Olympics.  For the first two Winter Olympics, figure skating was held outdoors.  With figure skating being held outdoors, there were weather concerns with thawing for the first two Winter Games.  A suggestion by International Olympic Committee President Count Henri de Baillet-Latour to 1932 Olympic Organizing Committee President Godfrey Dewey in September 1930 led Dewey to create the first indoor arena for the Winter Olympics.  For the 1936 Games, the venue was covered partially.  Following World War II, the 1948 venue became the first venue to be used twice at the Winter Olympics since it had been used twenty years earlier.  Figure skating's final competition that took place outdoors was in 1956 though that venue has since had a roof added to it.  Since 1960, all figure skating competitions have taken place indoors.  Three National Hockey League (NHL) venues have hosted Olympic figure skating competitions: the 1988 (both venues) and the 2010 though the NHL Vancouver Canucks moved out of the 2010 venue following the 1994–95 season.  The 2002 venue was a National Basketball Association (NBA) venue which meant the Utah Jazz was on a road trip during the 2002 Games. The 2006 Canadian Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition held by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body.  Skaters compete at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.  The results of this competition were used to pick the Canadian teams to the 2006 Olympic Games, the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships, the 2006 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Debra Janine Thomas (born March 25, 1967) is an American former figure skater and physician.  She is the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion.  Her rivalry with East Germany's Katarina Witt at the 1988 Calgary Olympics was known as the Battle of the Carmens. Katarina Witt (born 3 December 1965) is a retired German figure skater.  Witt won two Olympic gold medals for East Germany, first at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics.  She is a four-time World champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and twice World silver medalist (1982, 1986).  A feat only equalled by Sonja Henie among female skaters, Witt won six consecutive European Championships (1983–1988).  Her competitive record makes her one of the most successful figure skaters of all time. Kay Thomson (born February 18, 1964) is a Canadian former figure skater who competed in ladies' singles.  She is the 1981 Prize of Moscow News champion, the 1983 Skate Canada International silver medalist (behind that years Olympic and World Champion Katarina Witt), and a three-time Canadian national champion.  Her rise to dominance of Canadian ladies figure skating was unexpected as young phenom Tracy Wainmann had been expected to dominate Canadian ladies skating throughout this quadrennial, and beyond, but Thomson dethroned Wainmann at the 1982 Canadian Championships, and was only challenged by rising future superstar Elizabeth Manley thereafter as Wainmann fell off the map for a few years with personal issues and a growth spurt.  She represented Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, placing 12th, and at three World Championships, achieving her best result, fifth, in 1984 (Ottawa).  At this event she had perhaps her best shot ever of a world podium finish in a heavily weakened post Olympic field (missing amongst other Rosalynn Sumners, Tiffany Chin, Claudia Leistner, and Elena Vodorezova) and a respectable initial finish in compulsory figures which were never her strength, but a turn between her triple lutz-double toe combination in the short, and a miss on her triple flip in the long, was enough to keep her behind silver medalist Anna Kondrashova, bronze medalist Elaine Zayak, and 4th place finisher Kira Ivanova.  The pro Canadian crowd however were not fully convinced, and booed the marks of each of Kondrashova, Ivanova, and young Japanese phenom Midori Ito (who was scored 4th best in the long program phase despite a fall and several glaring miscues), feeling Thomson and teammate Elizabeth Manley were unfairly scored.  At the post event press conference Kondrashova would apologize to the fans for having not performed better, despite her silver medal.

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Debra Janine Thomas (born March 25, 1967) is an American former figure skater and physician.  She is the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion. Katarina Witt (born 3 December 1965) is a retired German figure skater.  Witt won two Olympic gold medals for East Germany, first at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics.  She is a four-time World champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and twice World silver medalist (1982, 1986).