Kristin Wieczorek (born 2 May 1986) is a German former
figure skater
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
. She is the 2007
German national champion and qualified for the free skate at the
2007 European Championships.
Career
Kristin Wieczorek began skating at the age of five in Erfurt, coached by Ilona Schindler. Later, she represented the USG
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 ...
club and was coached for some time by
Anett Pötzsch.
In 2007, Wieczorek won the German senior national title. She was assigned to the
2007 European Championships, where she placed 19th, and the
2007 World Championships, where she finished 29th.
Michael Huth became her coach in the summer of 2007.
In 2008, Wieczorek finished fourth at the German Championships. She ended her competitive career in 2009 and began working as a
physiotherapist at a soccer club, SV Stahl
Thale.
Personal life
Kristin Wieczorek's younger brother
Denis
Denis may refer to:
People
* Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris
* Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure
* Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary
* Denis the Carthusian (1402–14 ...
has also competed internationally in figure skating.
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Programs
Competitive highlights
References
External links
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* http://www.stahl-thale.com/
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German female single skaters
Living people
1986 births
Sportspeople from Erfurt