Mikkeline Kierkgaard (born 25 May 1984) is a Danish former competitive

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 ...

. Competing for Denmark in ladies' singles, she qualified to the free skate at five ISU Championships and finished in the top ten at the 2000 European Championships. She later competed in pairs with

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for Germany.

Personal life

Kierkgaard was born in

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. Her younger sister, Anemone Kierkgaard, was also a competitive skater.

Career

Kierkgaard began skating at age three. She initially competed as a

single skater Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

in Denmark. She was a two-time Danish junior national champion and was the 2000 Danish national champion. Her 7th-place finish at the

2000 European Figure Skating Championships The 2000 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 1999–2000 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event w ...

set a record as being the highest placement for a Danish lady at any

ISU Figure Skating Championships The International Skating Union organizes six annual Championships for figure skating. It is at the discretion of each member country which skaters, pairs or synchronized skating teams are sent to which championship. No skater in men's single ska ...

, and was the first top-ten finish for a Danish lady since Ester Bornstein placed 8th at the 1934 European Championships. Because of injury, Kierkgaard switched from single skating to

pair skating 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 ...

. She teamed up with

in 2002 to compete for Germany. They were the 2004 German bronze medalists but were unable to compete internationally that season due to

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...

rules regarding country changes. Their partnership eventually ended due to Kierkgaard's injuries. In 2001, Kierkgaard was the skating double for

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in It's All About Love.

Programs

Ladies' singles

Pairs with Jeschke

Results

Ladies' singles for Denmark

Pairs with Norman Jeschke for Germany

References

External links

Mikkeline Kierkgaard's Homepage
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1984 births Living people Danish female single skaters German female pair skaters People from Hundested Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-figure-skating-bio-stub