Constanze Bauer
( Gensel) is a German former competitive
figure skater
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who represented
East Germany
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. She is the 1984
Ennia Challenge champion, the 1985
Golden Spin of Zagreb
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champion, and a two-time
East German national silver medalist. Gensel reached the top eight at two ISU Championships — the
1984 World Junior Championships and the
1986 European Championships. She achieved her highest World Championship placement, 11th, in
1985
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. She trained in
Karl-Marx-Stadt
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...
(Chemnitz).
Bauer later became a consultant at a bank.
Competitive highlights
References
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German female single skaters
Living people
Figure skaters from Chemnitz
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
East German female figure skaters