Christina Beier

Christina Beier

Beier & Beier in 2005.
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	June 9, 1984 (1984-06-09) (age 27)
Height	170 cm
Partner	William Beier
Former partner	Tim Giesen
Coach	Martin Skotnicky
Choreographer	Kelly Johnson, Marc Bongarts, Kati Winkler
Skating club	TSC Eintracht Dortmund
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	154.94 2006 Worlds
Comp. dance	31.48 2004 Skate Canada
Original dance	47.89 2005 Skate America
Free dance	78.45 2006 Worlds

Christina Beier (born June 9, 1984 in Manila, Philippines) is a German ice dancer. She competes with her brother William Beier. She briefly stopped competing with her brother and competed with partner Tim Giesen for one season. Beier & Beier are four-time (2005–2006, 2008, 2010) German national champions.

Career

The Beiers moved from the Philippines to Germany in 1990. Christina Beier began skating when she was seven. She was a singles skater for two years and then took up ice dancing with her brother William Beier.^[1] They were the 2005-2006 and 2008 and 2010 German national champions.

They did not compete in 2006/2007 season because Christina was suffering from a foot injury. In February 2008 they withdrew from the 2008 World Championships because of injury.

In May 2008, the Beiers announced the end of their dance partnership. Christina Beier teamed up with Tim Giesen and began competing with him in the 2008-2009 season. She began competing with her brother again following that season. They trained for two weeks with Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski but William Beier had a problem with his knees, which had troubled him since 2006. The Beiers ended their competitive career in 2010.

Competitive highlights

Results with William Beier

(with Beier)

Post-2009

Event	2009-2010
Winter Olympic Games	18th
European Championships	15th
German Championships	1st
Ice Challenge	3rd
Finlandia Trophy	4th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	2nd

Post-2008

(with Giesen)

Event	2008-2009
German Championships	4th

Post-2003

(with Beier)

Event	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
World Championships		20th	13th
European Championships	16th	15th	13th		15th
German Championships	2nd	1st	1st		1st
Skate America			7th
Skate Canada	11th	7th
Cup of China	8th
Trophée Eric Bompard			6th
Bofrost Cup		6th
Golden Spin of Zagreb					4th
Karl Schaefer Memorial			3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy			3rd		2nd

Pre-2003

Event	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003
World Junior Championships	15th		11th	5th
German Championships	2nd J.	1st J.	1st J.
European Olympic Youth Festival				2nd J.
Junior Grand Prix Final				4th J.
Junior Grand Prix, China				1st J.
Junior Grand Prix, France				2nd J.
Junior Grand Prix, Sweden	5th J.		4th J.
Junior Grand Prix, Poland			3rd J.
Junior Grand Prix, Norway		3rd J.
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic		5th J.
Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia	4th J.

• J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

1. ^ Mittan, Barry (February 10, 2003). "Christina and William Beier: Germany's Beiers Finish Fourth at JGP Final". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2002/021003.shtml. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 

Ice Challenge Senior Dance Results http://www.slovakskating.org/results/2009/10/28/graz/CAT004RS.HTM

Patinage magazine No. 124, Nov/Dec 2010

External links

• Beier & Beier at the International Skating Union
• Beier & Giesen at the International Skating Union

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Name	Beier, Christina
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Date of birth	June 9, 1984
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