Hendryk Schamberger (born 11 May 1968) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With

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, he is a four-time German national champion and placed ninth at the

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Personal life

Hendryk Schamberger was born to the German former ice dancers Martha and Hans-Jürgen Schamberger. He studied medicine at university during and after the end of his figure skating career. His main profession is orthopedic physician.

Career

Hendryk Schamberger started skating in 1978 and represented the RSC Essen club. He skated with Andrea Weppelmann from 1985 until 1990, winning the German national title in 1989. They placed as high as tenth at the European Championships (1989) and 14th at the World Championships (1989). Weppelmann/Schamberger parted ways after placing third at the 1990 German Championships. The duo had also competed in artistic roller skating — they were bronze medalists in the dance event at the 1989

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. In 1990, Schamberger teamed up with American ice dancer

. They were coached by

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. They won the German national title four times and competed at the

, placing ninth. Goolsbee/Schamberger finished as high as seventh at the World Championships (1994) and eighth at the European Championships (1995). They parted ways in 1995 but teamed up again in 1997 to skate in shows. Schamberger has a German A-coach-licence and coaches ice dancing at the Berliner TSC club. His former students include Tanja Kolbe /

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. He also works as a TV commentator for figure skating for

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. In October 2006, Schamberger participated in RTL's German version of

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, partnered with Liz Baffoe. He was a part of the choreographer team on

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show in 2007.

Competitive highlights

With Weppelmann

With Goolsbee

References

* Program Figure Skating World Championships Munich 1991 page 30 * Eurosport: Figur Skating events * Deutsche Eislauf Union and German Figure Skating Championships {{DEFAULTSORT:Schamberger, Hendryk 1968 births Living people German male ice dancers Sportspeople from Essen