Annette Dytrt, also Dytrtová, (born 7 September 1983) is a German former 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, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

who also competed internationally for the

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. She is the 1999 Czech national champion and the 2003–06 German national champion.

Personal life

Annette Dytrt was born in

Landshut Landshut (; bar, Landshuad) is a town in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also ...

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, the daughter of Czech immigrants. She moved to the Czech Republic with her elder sister, Veronika Dytrt, in 2001 but returned to Germany after a year and a half.

Career

She won the 1999 Czech National Championships under the name Annette Dytrtová. Dytrt won gold at the German National Figure Skating Championships between 2003 and 2006 and made numerous appearances at the European and World Figure Skating Championships. In spring 2006, Dytrt tried

pair skating 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 skating partner Norman Jeschke but their partnership was brief and they never competed together in international competition. Dytrt skated in the TV show "Stars auf Eis", a German version of Dancing on Ice, and then returned to competition as a single skater. She was coached by

Michael Huth Michael Huth (born 2 September 1969) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor for East Germany. Competitive career During his competitive career, Huth represented East Germany. He was the 1988 East German Figure Skating Championsh ...

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nbs ...

. On 19 May 2011, Dytrt declared her retirement from competitive skating, following the sudden death of a family member. Since 2013, Dytrt collaborates with Yannick Bonheur in ice shows as an adagio skater.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

(1997–98 season: Junior Series)''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dytrt, Annette 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Landshut German female single skaters Czech female single skaters German people of Czech descent