René Lohse

René Lohse (born September 23 1973 in Berlin, Germany) is a German figure skater and specialized in ice dancing.

René Lohse was a team in ice dancing with Kati Winkler. They won the bronze medal at the World championships in ice dancing in 2004. This was the greatest success for the German ice dancers since 1973, the time of Angelika Buck/Erich Buck. They were also the first German ice dance pair to qualify for the Grand Prix final. 2001 they finished 5th in the Grand Prix final. In 2003 they qualified but had to withdraw due to an illness.

René Lohse is the son of Michael und Alrun Lohse. He has one brother Rico and one sister Romy. René Lohse started skating with the age of 4 in his home town Berlin. At fist he was a single skater and was coached by Romy Kermer. 1983 he changed the coach to Jürgen Bertko.

Kati Winkler und René Lohse teamed up in 1987 to reestablish ice dancing in East Germany. Ice dancing was not officially supported in East Germany for several decades. Their coach was Knut Schubert until 1996. They were the last East German champions 1990. In 1996 they moved to Oberstdorf in Bavaria and changed also their coach to Martin Skotnicky. However Winkler/Lohse skated always for the club SC Berlin (earlier SC Dynamo Berlin). After the World championships 2004 they finished their amateur career.

René Lohse's profession is Sport- and Tourist manager. His girl friend is Marjolaine Mineau from Canada.

Kati Winkler and René Lohse still participate in ice shows.

Results

Olympic Winter Games

* 1998 – 10th place
* 2002 – 8th place

= World championships =

* 1995 – 19th place
* 1996 – 13th place
* 1997 – 12th place
* 1998 – 9th place
* 1999 – 7th place
* 2000 – 6th place
* 2001 – 7th place
* 2002 – 7th place
* 2003 – not participated due to injury
* 2004 – 3rd place

= European championships =

* 1993 – 16th place
* 1995 – 15th place
* 1996 – 9th place
* 1998 – 9th place
* 1999 – 6th place
* 2000 – 5th place
* 2001 – 6th place
* 2002 – not participated due to injury
* 2003 – 5th place
* 2004 – not participated due to injury

East German championships (Nationals)

* 1990 – 1st place

German championships (Nationals) (after the reunification)

* 1992 – 2nd place
* 1993 – 2nd place
* 1994 – 3rd place
* 1995 – 2nd place
* 1996 – 1st place
* 1998 – 1st place
* 1999 – 1st place
* 2000 – 1st place
* 2001 – not participated due to injury
* 2002 – not participated due to injury
* 2003 – 1st place
* 2004 – 1st place

External links

* [http://www.winkler-lohse.de Homepage]
* [http://www.caretoicedance.com/winloh.html Care to Ice Dance? - Winkler & Lohse]

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