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Axel Rauschenbach (born 14 July 1967) is a German pair skater who competed for Germany and, before its reunification, East Germany. With
Rauschenbach began competing with
Mandy Wötzel
Mandy Wötzel (born 21 July 1973) is a German former pair skater who represented East Germany and later Germany in international competition. With partner Ingo Steuer, she is the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1997 World champion, the 1995 ...
, he is the 1989 European silver medalist, the 1989 & 1990 East German national champion, and 1991 German national champion.
Personal life
Rauschenbach was born 14 July 1967 in Dresden, East Germany. He married Anett Pötzsch and is the stepfather of Claudia Rauschenbach.Career
Rauschenbach began competing with Mandy Wötzel
Mandy Wötzel (born 21 July 1973) is a German former pair skater who represented East Germany and later Germany in international competition. With partner Ingo Steuer, she is the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1997 World champion, the 1995 ...
by 1987. They trained in Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...
and represented East Germany early in their career.
Wötzel/Rauschenbach won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championships but missed the 1989 World Championships. That year, Rauschenbach's skate blade struck Wötzel's head while they were performing side-by-side camel spin
The camel spin (also called the parallel spin) is one of the three basic figure skating spin positions. British figure skater Cecilia Colledge was the first to perform it. The camel spin, for the first ten years after it was created, was performed ...
s. After she recovered, they continued competing. They represented Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Germany competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Olympic Games following reunification in 1990. Previously, West Germany and East Germany had sent independent teams t ...
, where they placed 8th. In 1992, he ended their partnership to work at a bank.
A year later, Rauschenbach teamed up with Anuschka Gläser
Anuschka Gläser (born 19 August 1969) is a German former pair skater. She is a three-time German national champion, twice with Stefan Pfrengle and once with Axel Rauschenbach. Gläser and Rauschenbach represented Germany at the 1994 Winter O ...
. They won the 1994 German national title and represented Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics. 112 athletes, 79 men and 33 women participated in 11 sports. Germany came third in the medal rankings with 9 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals. The biathlete Mark Kirchner was Germany's flagbearer under the op ...
, where they placed 13th.
Results
With Anuschka Gläser
With Mandy Wötzel
References
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* German male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Germany Sportspeople from Dresden Living people 1967 births European Figure Skating Championships medalists {{germany-figure-skating-bio-stub