Angelika Buck (born 9 June 1950) is a German former

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who competed for

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. With her brother

Erich Buck Erich Buck (born 5 January 1949) is a German former ice dancer who competed for West Germany. With his sister Angelika Buck, he is the 1972 European champion, a four-time World medalist, and a six-time West German national champion. Career ...

, she is the 1972

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champion, a four-time

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medalist, and a six-time West German national champion.

Career

Angelika and Erich Buck were coached by

Betty Callaway Betty Daphne Callaway-Fittall, MBE (née Roberts; 22 March 1928 – 27 June 2011) was an English figure skating coach who specialised in ice dancing. She was best known as the coach of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the 1984 Olympic champio ...

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. They represented

and the ERV Ravensburg club. The Buck siblings were the first Germans to capture the European ice dancing title. They did so at the 1972 European Championships in

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, upsetting

Lyudmila Pakhomova Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova (russian: Людмила Алексеевна Пахомова; 31 December 1946 – 17 May 1986) was an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her husband Alexandr Gorshkov, she was the 1976 Olympic c ...

/ Alexander Gorshkov. They also won three silver medals at Europeans and four medals at the World Championships (three silver and one bronze). They took gold at the West German Championships six times. The Buck siblings invented the "Ravensburger Waltz", which became one of the ISU's compulsory/pattern dances. They debuted it at the 1973 German Championships.

Personal life

Angelika Buck studied at university in

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. She is married and has two children.

Results

References

Munzinger

Skate Canada 2003 Ice Dance * Eissport Magazin 6/95, page 20 {{DEFAULTSORT:Buck, Angelika 1950 births Living people German female ice dancers People from Ravensburg Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists