Fratianne first. All others placed Pötzsch first, mainly due to her substantial lead in the compulsory figures. After the 1980 Winter Games, Fratianne turned professional and, at the 1980 world championships, won the bronze medal behind Anett Pötzsch and Dagmar Lurz from West Germany. In 1981, the scoring system in figure skating was modified to combine the results of the compulsory figures, short program, and free skating by adding placements instead of carrying over raw scores. This made it less likely that skaters could build up a huge lead in the compulsory figures. This decision was made long before the 1980 Winter Olympics. After the 1980 season, Fratianne retired from competitive skating and performed in touring shows, including ten years as a lead skater of Disney on Ice. In 1993, she was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Results References External links Linda Fratianne. IMDb Fratianne-Poetzsch: Clearing the Record Detailed results from the 1980 Olympics 1960 births American female single skaters American people of Italian descent Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in figure skating Living people Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics 21st-century American women