Norbert Schramm (born April 7, 1960) is a German former competitive

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. He is a two-time European champion, a two-time World silver medalist, and a three-time German national champion.

Skating career

Schramm began skating at age six. He was coached by

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at the national center in

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, and skated for the EC Oberstdorf club representing

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. Amongst his team members were

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and

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. Along with three national titles, Schramm won gold twice at the

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and silver twice at the

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. He also attracted media attention for his red costumes, his choreography and spontaneous creativity on ice, as well as for creating new

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and reinventing old forgotten spins. Schramm retired from amateur competition in 1984. He became a professional world champion in

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, United States, appeared in ice shows such as

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, and directed and choreographed such shows. In 1988, he began coaching figure skaters. From 2002 until 2007 he was artistic director of the ice show at

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. In 2006 he was a representative of the German "Dancing on Ice" television show.

Personal life

Schramm has a daughter, Bernadette Schramm (born on March 4, 1994), with former wife Nicola Brown. He was also married, for less than a year, to German-American filmmaker Marianne Hettinger. Schramm lives in New York City, where he works as a full-time action and people photographer. He was Grand Marshal of the 2012

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in New York City.(https://web.archive.org/web/20130219062552/http://www.germanparadenyc.org/news59.html)

Results

External links

Norbert Schramm homepage

Norbert Schramm Ice show Productions

Norbert Schramm Photographer
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