Rico Rex (born 5 October 1976 in Chemnitz) is a German former

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 ...

. With former partner

Eva-Maria Fitze Eva-Maria Fitze (born 10 May 1982 in Dachau) is a German figure skater who competed in both ladies' singles and pairs. As a singles skater, she was the youngest woman ever to win senior gold at the German Championships, taking the title at age ...

, he is the 2003 German national champion.

Career

Rico Rex started figure skating when he was four years old as the result of a talent screening in East Germany. Rex was a single skater until 1993. He then switched to pair skating and teamed up with

Silvia Dimitrov Silvia Dimitrov (born 22 January 1978) is a German former pair skater. She began competing internationally with Rico Rex in 1993. The pair placed sixth at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Budapest, eighth at the 1996 European Championship ...

, with whom he competed until 1997. They were coached by Monika Scheibe in Chemnitz. Their best international result was 8th at the 1996 European Championships. Dimitrov retired in 1997 due to an injury. Rex then teamed up with Katharina Rybkowski with whom he skated until 2000. Their coach in Chemnitz was Monika Scheibe. The pair never participated at Europeans or Worlds. He then briefly teamed up with Stefanie Weiss, but they did not compete together. In 2001, Rex teamed up with the Czech Radka Zlatohlavkova. They split after having to withdraw from the 2002 German Championships. Rex teamed up with

in spring 2002. The pair trained in Chemnitz. Their coach was

Ingo Steuer Ingo Steuer (born 1 November 1966) is a German pair skater and skating coach. With Mandy Wötzel, he is the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1997 World champion, the 1995 European champion, and a four-time German national champion. As a c ...

until December 2005, and then Monika Scheibe. The pair competed at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

, placing 15th.Olympic results
/ref> Rex then left competition and began appearing in shows and began working as a figure skating coach in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

. Throughout his career, Rex represented the club Chemnitzer EC.

Programs

(with Fitze)

Competitive highlights

With Fitze

With Zlatohlavkova

With Rybkowski

With Dimitrov

Single skating

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rex, Rico 1976 births Living people German male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Germany Sportspeople from Chemnitz