Claudia Pfrengle (née Leistner, born 15 April 1965) is a German former

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. She is a two-time

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silver medalist and the 1989 European champion.

Career

Leistner was a roller skater before taking up ice skating. In the 1981–82 season, she landed on the German senior national podium for the first time, taking the silver medal behind

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. Making her senior ISU Championship debut, she placed fifth at the 1982 European Championships in

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and fourth at the 1982 World Championships in

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. With her outstanding jumping ability, she went on to become European champion in 1989 and a two-time silver medalist at the World Championships (1983 and 1989). She trained in

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, initially being coached by

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and later by

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and Martin Skotnicky. She represented

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(the

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and the

er ERC club.

Personal life

Claudia Leister was born in

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...

. She is married to Stefan Pfrengle, a German national

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champion. They have a daughter named Julia Pfrengle, who also competed in figure skating, and a son named Yannik.

Results

References

* Deutsche Eislauf Union (DEU

* Eissportmagazin (several issues

* Pirouette (several Issues

* Results: International Skating Union, ISU {{DEFAULTSORT:Leistner, Claudia 1965 births Living people German female single skaters Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for West Germany World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Ludwigshafen 20th-century German sportswomen