Christina Beier (born June 9, 1984 in

Manila, Philippines Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated ...

) is a Filipino born German former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. She competed with her brother William Beier. She briefly stopped competing with her brother and competed with partner

Tim Giesen Tim Giesen (born 26 July 1988) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With Stefanie Frohberg, he placed 11th at the 2010 World Junior Championships and competed at two Grand Prix events. Career Giesen began learning to skate in 1995. Init ...

for one season. Beier & Beier are four-time (2005–2006, 2008, 2010) German national champions.

Career

The Beiers moved from the Philippines to Germany in 1990. Christina Beier began skating when she was seven. She was a singles skater for two years and then took up

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

with her brother William Beier. They were the 2005–2006 and 2008 and 2010 German national champions. They did not compete in 2006/2007 season because Christina was suffering from a foot injury. In February 2008 they withdrew from the 2008 World Championships because of injury. In May 2008, the Beiers announced the end of their dance partnership. Christina Beier teamed up with

and began competing with him in the 2008–2009 season. She began competing with her brother again following that season. They trained for two weeks with

Albena Denkova Albena Petrova Denkova ( bg, Албена Петрова Денкова, born 3 December 1974) is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiance Maxim Staviski, she is a two-time ( 2006– 2007) World champion, a two-time ( 2003– 2004) Europe ...

and

Maxim Staviski Maxim Staviski ( bg, Максим Стависки, links=no, born 16 November 1977) is a Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiancée Albena Denkova, he is a two-time (2006– 2007) World champion, a two-time (2003� ...

but William Beier had a problem with his knees, which had troubled him since 2006. The Beiers ended their competitive career in 2010.

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With William Beier

With Tim Giesen

References

Patinage magazine No. 124, Nov/Dec 2010

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beier, Christina 1984 births Living people Filipino people of German descent German female ice dancers People from Manila Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Germany