Knut Schubert (born 9 September 1958 in

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German name was ''Budis ...

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

) is a former

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With his sister, Katja Schubert, he won the bronze medal at the 1974

East German Figure Skating Championships The East German Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating competition held annually to determine the national champions of the German Democratic Republic, often referred to as ''East Germany''. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men' ...

. They went on to finish ninth at that year's

European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, an ...

and eleventh at the

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...

. Schubert later teamed up with Birgit Lorenz. They won the gold medal at the East German Championships in 1981 and 1985, and captured the silver medal in four additional years. The couple won the bronze at the European Championships in 1983 and 1984 and finished fifth at the

1984 Winter Olympic Games The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр� ...

. They also finished a career-best sixth place at the 1984 World Championships. After his figure skating career he studied teaching special subject sport. Knut Schubert became figure skating coach in Berlin. He trained

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and

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and

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, Mariana Kautz and

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, Mikkeline Kierkgaard and

and also Sarah Jentgens and

. In the early 1990s he also trained the ice dancers

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and René Lohse. After he moved to

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Knut Schubert trained local pairs of

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and

Daniel Wende Daniel Wende (born 24 July 1984) is a German pair skater. With Maylin Wende, he is the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard bronze medalist, the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time German national champion. They have competed twice at th ...

(till 2007), Ekaterina Vassilieva and Daniel Wende (till 2008) as well as Mari-Doris Vartmann and

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(till 2009). In 2010 he returned to Berlin and trains there Mari-Doris Vartmann and

Aaron Van Cleave Aaron Van Cleave (born 14 March 1987) is a German pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Mari Vartmann for Germany. They won the 2015 German national title, the 2011 NRW Trophy, and 2010 Warsaw Cup. After they parted ways, he te ...

. Knut Schubert is married and has two children. His daughter Pauline Schubert was also a figure skater.

Results

With Birgit Lorenz

With Katja Schubert

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schubert, Knut 1958 births Living people German male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of East Germany European Figure Skating Championships medalists People from Bautzen Sportspeople from Saxony