Reinhard E. Ketterer (born 1948 in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...

) is a German retired competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

who competed for

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as a

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and

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. As a single skater, he is the 1969 German national champion, and as a pair skater, he is the 1972 German bronze medalist with partner Gabriele Cieplik. He is still a figure skating coach.

Career

Reinhard E. Ketterer started figure skating at the club

SC Riessersee SC Riessersee is a professional ice hockey team based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Oberbayern, Germany. They currently play in the Oberliga (ice hockey), Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season, they played ...

in 1956 after the 1956 World Figure Skating Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. His first coach was Sepp Schönmetzler Senior, the father of former German Champion

Sepp Schönmetzler Sepp Schönmetzler (born 24 September 1944 in Etzdorf, Saxony) is a German figure skater, coach, and journalist. He is the 1962 and 1965 German national champion and placed 12th at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He produces the German figure skatin ...

. Later Reinhard Ketterer was coached by

Erich Zeller Erich Zeller (13 January 1920 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany – 6 November 2001 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany) was a German figure skater and figure skating coach. Erich Zeller as a skater represented the club Rot-Weiß-Berlin an ...

. As a single skater, Ketterer won the 1969

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. He switched to pair skating in 1968, inspired by

Almut Lehmann Almut Lehmann (married name: Peyper) (born 10 June 1953 in Stuttgart) is a German former pair skater who competed for West Germany. With partner Herbert Wiesinger, she is a three-time German national champion and 1973 European bronze medalist. ...

. Lehmann & Ketterer won the novice bronze medal at the 1969 German Championships. In 1971 the pair Claudia Zander/Reinhard Ketterer won the junior gold medal at the German championships. Three years later, Ketterer won the bronze medal at the 1972 German Figure Skating Championships with partner Gabriele Cieplik. He retired from competitive skating that year. He focused on his professional education and career. The following years he appeared in over 600 figure skating shows. From 1972 to 1973, Ketterer studied at the

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to become an independent teacher for sport. From 1974 to 1978, he passed the

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at the "Gymnasium and Kolleg Sankt Matthias" in

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. From 1979 to 1984, he studied teaching, specialising in sports and German language at the

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. From 1985 to 1988, he studied remotely at the Coach Academy Cologne. Beside his studies, Ketterer was leading coach at the SC Riessersee in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from 1978 to 1992 and is an honorary member of this club. From 1982 to 1991, he was also taught classes for the Norwegian National team and was a member of the teaching team for the Norwedian coach education. Until he became a pensioner he was head of the Federal bas camp in Berlin. He still is leading coach for educating coaches on C-level (German classification). Since 1992, Ketterer is leading coach and chairman of the federal sport base figure skating Berlin. He also leads the coach education there. In 1994, he has become a member of the teaching team for coach education of the Deutsche Eislauf Union. He is also a coach of novice and junior skaters as well as the German national team. In 2010 he joined the teaching team of the Austrian coach education. Since 2013 he is Vice chairman of the Berlin Ice sport federation (BERLINER EISSPORT-VERBANDES e.V.). In 2006, he appeared as a jury member at the TV show

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on the German TV station

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. Ketterer lives with his longtime girlfriend in Lichterfelde-West in Berlin.

Competitive highlights

Single skating

Pair skating

* Novice with Almut Lehmann, ** Junior with Claudia Zander, *** with Gabriele Cieplik

References

* http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/kreativdirektor-auf-kufen,10810590,10074530.html * http://www.riessersee-eiskunstlauf.de/ * http://eissport-magazin.de/ (reference to his 65th birthday) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ketterer, Reinhard E. 1948 births Living people Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen German male single skaters German male pair skaters 20th-century German sportsmen