Related Research Articles
Katarina Witt is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. Her Laureus profile states "she is remembered most for her overall athleticism, her charismatic appeal and her glamorous image on the ice."
Dorothy Stuart Hamill is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion and 1976 World champion in ladies' singles.
Maxi Herber was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. She remains the youngest figure skating Olympic champion from when she won gold in pair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Marika Kilius is a German former pair skater. With Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, she is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, and a six-time European champion. Earlier in her career, she competed with Franz Ningel.
Elisabeth "Sissy" Schwarz is an Austrian former figure skater who is best known for her career in pair skating. With Kurt Oppelt, she is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1956 World champion, the 1956 European champion, and a five-time Austrian national champion (1952–56).
Kurt Oppelt was an Austrian figure skater who is best known for his career in pair skating. With Sissy Schwarz, he is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1956 World champion, the 1956 European champion, and a five-time Austrian national champion (1952–56).
Sandra Marie Bezic is a Canadian pair skater, figure skating choreographer, producer, and television commentator. With her brother Val Bezic, she won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships from 1970 to 1974 and placed ninth at the 1972 Winter Olympics. Skate Canada announced on July 14, 2010, that she will be inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in the professional category
The British Figure Skating Championships are held annually to determine the national champions of the United Kingdom. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at all levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants.
Viktor Pfeifer is an Austrian former competitive figure skater. An eight-time Austrian national champion, he has placed as high as eighth at the European Championships (2013) and has competed three times at the Winter Olympics, placing 22nd in 2006, 21st in 2010 and 26th in 2014.
Ina Bauer, married name Szenes, was a German competitive figure skater. She won three consecutive West German national titles (1957–59) and invented the skating element which bears her name.
The Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition sanctioned by the Asian Skating Union. In some years, the event is part of the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be awarded in men's and women's singles at the senior, junior, and novice levels.
Susanne Stadlmüller is a German former figure skater. She is the 2000 and 2001 German national champion.
The 1993 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Helsinki, Finland from 12 to 17 January 1993. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Rimma Wilms is a retired German figure skater, who won the German Championship in the Junior Ladies B category in 2000. She placed fourth at the Heiko Fischer Cup among Junior Ladies in 1998, and retired from competition in 2001 after a 23rd place finish at the German Figure Skating Championships. In 2010, Rimma co-founded a non-profit charitable organization, Esperance For All, in New York and organized an event at The Westchester Mall. At the event, hearing-impaired and deaf children met with an American Sign Language-speaking Santa Claus.
Figure skating competitions at the 1999 European Youth Olympic Winter Days were held in Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia between March 6 and 12. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and Ice dancing.
Carmen on Ice is a 1990 dance film with a choreography for figure skaters made in Germany. The music is based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet in an orchestral version arranged especially for this film. In contrast to figure skating movies of former times, Carmen on Ice is a film without spoken dialogue, which is an innovation in the history of figure skating.
Buse Coskun is a Turkish figure skater. She is a ten-time Turkish medalist.She represented Turkey at the Netherlands 2004 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and placed 46th, at the Germany 2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Chemnitz ISU Junior Grand Prix in Germany and placed 37th place, at the 7th European Youth Olympic Festival were only held in junior single skating categories in Monthey, Switzerland, between January 22 and January 29 Youth Olympic Winter games and placed 22nd place, at the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Ljubliana and placed 25th place.
Kate Slattery Parghi is a former ice dancer who competed internationally for the United States. She competed with Chuen-Gun Lee, a 2002 Olympic skater from South Korea. The two skated together from 2003 to 2007 placing 7th at the 2005 National Figure Skating Championships, 7th at 2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice, and 7th at the 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy. They were coached by Gennady Karponosov, Natalia Linichuk, and Vitaly Popkov. The youngest of five children, Kate also played women's ice hockey for her high school team, as well as being a competitor in ladies singles. They announced their split in March 2007. In fall 2012, Kate married American Business man, Doc Parghi.
Minerva Fabienne Hase is a German pair skater. With her current partner, Nikita Volodin, she is the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix gold medalist and two-time ISU Challenger Series medalist.
Martha Bachem, née Marta Musilek was an Austrian-German figure skater. She became a three-time German national champion before representing Austria at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
References
- ↑ http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00003538.htm
- ↑ "The Figure Skating Corner/Die Eiskunstlauf-Ecke". www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
 | This article about an Austrian figure skater is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |