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Katarina Witt, competing for East Germany, became the first woman since Norway's Sonja Henie (1928, 1932, and 1936) to win consecutive Olympic gold medals, doing so in 1984 and 1988.
The first artificially frozen ice rink, a private facility known as the Glaciarium, opened in London in 1876.1
The development of such refrigerated rinks was a pivotal advancement that transformed ice skating from a seasonal pastime into a major sport and form of entertainment, eventually allowing the activity to spread to regions with warmer climates.1