Michael Huth (born 2 September 1969) is a German

figure skating 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 ...

coach and former competitor for

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 ...

Competitive career

During his competitive career, Huth represented

. He was the 1988 East German national champion and competed at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

, where he placed 23rd.

Coaching

Following his retirement from competitive skating, Huth studied sports science and turned to coaching. He coaches in

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nb ...

. His current and former students include *

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(World, European and Italian champion, and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist) *

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* Susanne Stadlmüller *

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(European and Czech champion) * Kristin Wieczorek Huth and his wife organize ''IceDome'', an annual summer training camp in

. 140 skaters from 20 countries took part in 2011.

Personal life

Huth has two children with his wife, Claudia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huth, Michael East German figure skaters German male single skaters Olympic figure skaters of East Germany Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics German figure skating coaches 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Dresden Technical University of Munich alumni 20th-century German people 21st-century German people