Rebecca Handke (born 2 October 1986 in
Soest, West Germany) is a German former
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 partner
Daniel Wende, she is the 2005-2006 German national silver medalist.
Career
Rebecca Handke represented the club SC Moehnesee as a pair skater with skating partner
Daniel Wende. They were first coached by Julia Gnilozoubova. From 2004 on, their coach was
Knut Schubert. After 2004, Handke and Wende trained in
Dortmund and in
Berlin
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. The pair achieved their highest international result of 6th at the
2005 European Championships.
In March 2006, Handke had a surgery due to knee problems. Handke and Wende ended their partnership following the 2006–2007 season. She trained for a short time with Canadian skater Christopher Richardson until July 2007, but never competed with him. Handke retired from competitive skating following the 2007–2008 season.
Personal life
Handke attended school at the Conrad-von-Soest-Gymnasium in Soest and passed her
Abitur later by long distance studies. On 1 July 2005, she became a member of the Sportsoldatin of the
Bundeswehr
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.
Programs
(with Wende)
Competitive highlights
(with Wende)
References
External links
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German female pair skaters
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region)
People from Soest, Germany