- Marika Kilius
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Olympic medal record Figure skating Competitor for Germany
Silver 1960 Squaw Valley Pairs Silver 1964 Innsbruck Pairs Marika Kilius Personal information Country represented West Germany
Born March 21, 1943
Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, West GermanyFormer partner Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Franz NingelMedal recordCompetitor for West Germany
Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games Silver 1964 Innsbruck Pairs Silver 1960 Squaw Valley Pairs World Championships Gold 1964 Dortmund Pairs Gold 1963 Cortina d'Ampezzo Pairs Bronze 1960 Vancouver Pairs Silver 1959 Colorado Springs Pairs Silver 1957 Colorado Springs Pairs Bronze 1956 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs European Championships Gold 1964 Grenoble Pairs Gold 1963 Budapest Pairs Gold 1962 Geneva Pairs Gold 1961 West Berlin Pairs Gold 1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs Gold 1959 Davos Pairs Bronze 1957 Vienna Pairs Bronze 1956 Paris Pairs Bronze 1955 Budapest Pairs Marika Kilius (born 24 March 1943 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany) is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pair skating.
Kilius, the daughter of a hairdresser, began as a singles skater but picked up pairs very early. Her first partner was Franz Ningel. They placed fourth at the 1956 Olympics and won the silver medal at the 1957 World Championships. Kilius was still a child when she was paired with Ningel, who was more than six years her senior. By 1957 she had grown to be taller than he was, which caused problems on their lifts, so the team split.[1]
For a time following her split with Ningel, Kilius competed in artistic roller skating as a singles skater. She was the World Roller Lady Champion in 1958.[1]
Meanwhile, in 1957, Kilius began skating with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler under the tutelage of Erich Zeller. Between 1958 and 1964, they won the German Championships four times, European Championships six times and the World Championships two times. Their first World title, in 1963, followed cancellation of the 1961 event due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 and a collision during their performance at the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships that forced them to withdraw.[1]
Kilius and Baumler also captured the silver medal at the Olympics twice, in 1960 and 1964. In 1966, it was alleged that the team had signed a professional skating contract before the 1964 Winter Olympics - against the rules at the time - and they were stripped of the medal. The IOC dismissed the charges in 1987, reinstated the original results, and Kilius and Baumler were re-awarded their silver medals.
Kilius was voted the German female athlete of the year in 1959. In 1964, she married Werner Zahn, the son of a factory owner from Frankfurt/Main. The couple divorced, and Kilius also divorced her second husband. She has two children, Sascha and Melanie Schäfer, and as of May 2005, two grandchildren.
Results
(pairs with Franz Ningel)
Event 1954 1955 1956 1957 Winter Olympic Games 4th World Championships 7th 3rd 2nd European Championships 3rd 3rd 3rd German Championships 2nd 1st 1st 1st (pairs with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler)
Event 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Winter Olympic Games 2nd 2nd World Championships 6th 2nd 3rd 1st 1st European Championships 5th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st German Championships 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st References
European champions in figure skating – Pairs 1930–31: Olga Orgonista & Sandor Szalay • 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet • 1933: Idi Papez & Karl Zwack • 1934: Emília Rotter & László Szollás • 1935–39: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1947: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet • 1948–49: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király • 1950: Marianna Nagy & László Nagy • 1951–52: Ria Baran & Paul Falk • 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks • 1954: Silvia Grandjean & Michel Grandjean • 1955: Marianna Nagy & László Nagy • 1956: Sissy Schwarz & Kurt Oppelt • 1957–58: Věra Suchánková & Zdeněk Doležal • 1959–64: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler • 1965–68: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1969–72: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov • 1973–78: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1979: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai • 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1981: Irina Vorobieva & Igor Lisovsky • 1982–83: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach • 1984–86: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev • 1987: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1989: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1991–92: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev • 1993: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov • 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1995: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer • 1996: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev • 1997: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov • 1998: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze • 1999–2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov • 2001: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze • 2002–06: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin • 2007–09: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy • 2010: Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov • 2011: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
German champions in figure skating – Pairs 1907: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger • 1909: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger • 1911: Alice Rolle & Bruno Grauel • 1912: Hedwig Winzer & Hugo Winzer • 1913: Schnell & Georg Velisch • 1914: Else Lischka & Oskar Hoppe • 1920: Margaret Klebe & Paul Metzner • 1922–23: Grete Weise & Georg Velisch • 1924: Else Flebbe & Rudolf Eilers • 1925: Milly Förster & Hellmuth Jüngling • 1926: Ilse Kishauer & Herbert Haertel • 1927–31: Ilse Kishauer & Ernst Gaste • 1932–33: Wally Hempel & Otto Weiß • 1934–36: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1937: Eva Prawitz & Otto Weiß • 1938–41: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1942–43: Gerda Strauch & Günther Noack • 1944: Hertha Ratzenhofer & Emil Ratzenhofer • 1947–52: Ria Baran & Paul Falk • 1953: Helga Krüger & Peter Voss • 1954: Inge Minor & Hermann Braun • 1955–57: Marika Kilius & Franz Ningel • 1958–59: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler • 1960–62: Margret Göbl & Franz Ningel • 1963–64: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler • 1965–66: Sonja Pfersdorf & Günther Matzdorf • 1967–68: Margot Glockshuber & Wolfgang Danne • 1969: Gudrun Hauss & Walter Häfner • 1970: Brunhilde Baßler & Eberhard Rausch • 1971–73: Almut Lehmann & Herbert Wiesinger • 1974–76: Corinna Halke & Eberhard Rausch • 1977–78: Susanne Scheibe & Andreas Nischwitz • 1979–81: Christina Riegel & Andreas Nischwitz • 1982: Bettina Hage & Stefan Zins • 1983–84: Claudia Massari & Leonardo Azzola • 1985: Claudia Massari & Daniele Caprano • 1986: Kerstin Kiminus & Stefan Pfrengle • 1987: Sonja Adalbert & Daniele Caprano • 1988: Brigitte Groh & Holger Maletz • 1989–90: Anuschka Gläser & Stefan Pfrengle • 1991: Mandy Wötzel & Axel Rauschenbach • 1992: Peggy Schwarz & Alexander König • 1993: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer • 1994: Anuschka Gläser & Axel Rauschenbach • 1995–97: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer • 1998–2000: Peggy Schwarz & Mirko Müller • 2001: Claudia Rauschenbach & Robin Szolkowy • 2002: Sarah Jentgens & Mirko Müller • 2003: Eva-Maria Fitze & Rico Rex • 2004–09: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy • 2010: Maylin Hausch & Daniel Wende • 2011: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Awards Preceded by
Marianne Werner
German Sportswoman of the Year
1959Succeeded by
Ingrid Krämer
Categories:- 1943 births
- Living people
- German pair skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of the United Team of Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Dancing on Ice participants
- People from Frankfurt
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
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