- Heidemarie Steiner
Heidemarie Steiner married Walther, (born 1944) is a German figure skater and coach.
Steiner began as a single skater. But when she dropped behind fellow East German
Gabriele Seyfert , she wanted to retire early.However she changed to
pair skating and teamed up withHeinz-Ulrich Walther , who also became her husband in 1969. Their greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1970 World Championships inLjubljana . The pair trained at the SC Dynamo Berlin club and representedEast Germany . Their coach wasHeinz-Friedrich Lindner .After she retired, she became figure skating coach at the SC Dynamo Berlin club (today SC Berlin). She has coached
Romy Kermer &Rolf Österreich ,Birgit Lorenz &Knut Schubert ,Babette Preußler &Tobias Schöter andPeggy Schwarz &Alexander König , among others. She later coached Swiss coupleLeslie Monod &Cedric Monod . She also worked as a choreographer for this couple.Today she lives in Berlin with her husband Heinz-Ulrich Walther.
Results in pair skating
"with Heinz-Ulrich Walther"
Olympic Winter Games
* 1968 - 4th place
World Championships
* 1966 - 9th place
* 1967 - 5th place
* 1968 - 5th place
* 1969 - 5th place
* 1970 - 3rd placeEuropean Championships
* 1966 - 8th place
* 1967 - 3rd place
* 1968 - 3rd place
* 1969 - 4th place
* 1970 - 3rd placeEast German Championships (Nationals)
* 1966 - 1st place
* 1967 - 1st place
* 1968 - 2nd place
* 1969 - 1st place
* 1970 - 1st placeResults in ladies' singles
European Championships
* 1960 - 26th place
* 1961 - 23rd placeEast German Championships (Nationals)
* 1960 - 1st place
* 1961 - 3rd place
* 1962 - 2nd place
* 1963 - 2nd placeSee also
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SV Dynamo External links
*http://www.eklscberlin.arcgraph.de
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