Romy Kermer (later Oesterreich; born 28 July 1956) 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 competitive

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 Rolf Oesterreich, she is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist.

Personal life

Romy Kermer was born on 28 July 1956 in

Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 28th largest city of Germany as ...

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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 ...

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. After marrying Rolf Oesterreich in late 1976, she changed her name to Romy Oesterreich.

Career

Romy Kermer began skating in Karl-Marx-Stadt, where she became a pair skater. Early in her career, she competed with

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and Andreas Forner. 1972 she moved to Berlin and skated there at the club

SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was disbanded after German reunification and even ...

. Her coach was Heidemarie Seiner-Walther. She continued to represent SC Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1973, when she changed clubs as well. Her pair skating partner became Rolf Oesterreich. Kermer/Oesterreich won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics 1976 in

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. In March 1976, they were both awarded the

Patriotic Order of Merit The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ...

for their Olympic success. Romy Oesterreich became a figure skating coach at the club SC Berlin. One of her students,

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, won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix 2005 in

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Results

With Rolf Oesterreich

With Andreas Forner

References

SC Berlin e.V.

Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kermer, Romy 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Chemnitz German female pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany German figure skating coaches Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Female sports coaches Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze