Alexander König

Alexander König (born August 23, 1966 in Eilenburg, Saxony, GDR) is a German former figure skater.

Career

His family moved from Eilenburg to Berlin in 1969. Here he started skating.

Alexander König represented the club SC Dynamo Berlin respectively. One of his first coaches was Inge Wischnewski.

He started his career as a single skater. He changed to pair skating in 1985 and teamed up with Peggy Schwarz. Their coach was Hedemarie Steiner-Walther.

Alexander König as a sigle skater became 3rd at the junior world championships 1982. His greatest success in pair skating was the bronze medal at the Europeans 1988.

1990 Peggy Schwarz and Alexander König changed their coach to Knut Schubert. 1994 the pair separated. Peggy Schwarz was pregnant. At this time Alexander König finished his figure skating career.

1985 to 1988 Alexander König attended school to became a specialist in gastronomy. 1994 to 1997 he studied sport at the Trainerakademie in Cologne. He is an A-licenced coach of the DEU (German figure skating union). Already during his education he worked as a coach in Stuttgart followed by a job as a coach in Chemnitz. From 2001 to 2008 Alexander König works as a figure skating coach in Berlin. He is also figure skating judge and technical specialist. He moved to Oberstdorf in the summer of 2008 to coach there.

Since 1983 he is also a painter and had several exhibitions for his paintings.

= Results =

Pair skating with Peggy Schwarz

= Olympics =

* 1988 – 7th place
* 1992 – 7th place
* 1994 – 7th place

= Worlds Pair skating =

* 1988 – did not participate
* 1989 – 4th place
* 1990 – 10th place
* 1991 – 7th place
* 1992 – 6th place
* 1993 – 12th place
* 1994 – 9th place

= Europeans Pair skating =

* 1988 – 3rd place
* 1989 – did not participate
* 1990 – 4th place
* 1991 – did not participate
* 1992 – 5th place
* 1993 – 5th place
* 1994 – 7th place

East-German Championships Pair skating

* 1987 – 3rd place
* 1988 – 1st place

German Championships Pair skating

* 1991 – 2nd place
* 1992 – 1st place
* 1993 – withdrawn due to injury
* 1994 – 2nd place

Singels - Men

= World Junior Championships Men =

* 1982 – 3rd place

= Europeans Men =

* 1982 – withdrawn due to illness with fever / after compulsory figures 9th place

East-German Championships Men

* 1981 – 3rd place
* 1982 – not helt
* 1983 – 3rd place
* 1984 – 2nd place

References

* König joins coaching Team in Oberstdorf http://www.ice-dome.com/EFSS_folder.pdf

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