It's been a long, roundabout path for Tamar Katz, the Israeli champion who placed fourth at the Karl Schafer Memorial in Vienna.
Born in Dallas and raised in Israel and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the Israeli champion has logged training time in Russia, California and New Jersey. In December, she settled at the Sport-O-Rama in Monsey, N.Y., to work with veteran coach Peter Burrows.
