Rolf Oesterreich (born 28 November 1952 in
Rostock
Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, ...
,
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
) is a German
figure skating
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 m ...
coach and former competitor. With
Romy Kermer, he is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist.
Oesterreich began skating in Berlin. He first teamed up with
Marlies Radunsky. From 1972 on he skated with
Romy Kermer. He skated for the club
SC Dynamo Berlin
The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was disbanded after German reunification and even ...
and was representing East Germany. His coach was
Heidemarie Seiner-Walther.
Romy Kermer and Rolf Oesterreich won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics 1976 in
Innsbruck.
In March 1976, they were both awarded the
Patriotic Order of Merit
The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ...
for their Olympic success.
After their figure skating career they married each other.
Oesterreich now works as a figure skating coach at the club TUS
Stuttgart.
Results
Pairs with Kermer
Pairs with Radunsky
Men's singles
See also
*
Figure Skating
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 m ...
*
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20060502042510/http://www.eklscberlin.arcgraph.de/
*http://www.tus-eissport.de
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1952 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rostock
People from Bezirk Rostock
German male pair skaters
Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Olympic figure skaters of East Germany
East German male figure skaters
Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
Olympic medalists in figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
European Figure Skating Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
German figure skating coaches