Daniel Felix Hermann (born 12 October 1986) is a German former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. With his sister, Carolina Hermann, he won six senior international medals and the 2009 German national title. They reached the free dance at three ISU Championships, attaining their best result, tenth, at the 2007 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Daniel Felix Hermann was born on 12 October 1986 in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

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. He has six siblings, including Carolina Hermann.

Career

The Hermanns started skating in the winter of 1991 and joined Solinger Turnerbund sports club in 1994. In 1997, they teamed up together and began learning

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

, coached by Oleg Ryjkin at the Olympic training centre in

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. They competed on the novice level until the end of the 2002–03 season. In the 2003–04 season, the Hermanns moved up to the junior ranks. They were given two

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assignments and finished ninth at both. They continued to appear on the JGP series during the next three seasons. In 2006–07, they won the German junior national title and were sent to the 2007 World Junior Championships in

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, Germany, where they finished tenth. The Hermanns began competing on the senior level in the 2007–08 season. Making their

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debut, they placed 8th at the

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. They won a silver medal at the

Pavel Roman Memorial The Pavel Roman Memorial () is an international ice dance competition held in Olomouc, Czech Republic and organized by the Czech Skating Association. The competition is named in honor of Pavel Roman, a former figure skater and ice dancer who compe ...

and bronze at the German Championships. Since Daniel had to study one term abroad for his degree, they spent the summer of 2008 training in Vancouver under

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and his wife Maikki Uotila-Kraatz. In the 2008–09 season, the Hermanns won the German national title ahead of

Nelli Zhiganshina Nelli Nailevna Zhiganshina (; born 31 March 1987) is a Russian-born German ice dancer. With Alexander Gazsi, she is a six-time German national champion (2007, 2011–2015) and has won twelve international medals. They have placed as high as 6t ...

Alexander Gazsi Alexander Gazsi (born 6 October 1984) is a German ice dancer. With partner Nelli Zhiganshina, he is a six-time German national champion (2007, 2011–2015) and has won twelve international medals. They have placed as high as 6th at the European ...

. They were selected to represent Germany at two ISU Championships and qualified for the free dance at both, finishing 12th at the 2009 Europeans in

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, Finland and 17th at the 2009 Worlds in

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. In 2009–10, the Hermanns finished second to another sibling duo, Christina Beier / William Beier, at the German Championships and were eliminated from the

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, Italy after placing 22nd in the short dance. The Hermanns missed the 2010–11 season due to injury and returned to the ice in March 2011, working with Rene Lohse in Berlin. 2011–12 would be their final season. They won bronze medals at the 2011 Pavel Roman Memorial,

2011 NRW Trophy The NRW Trophy (also known as the NRW Summer Trophy or the NRW Autumn Trophy) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eisla ...

, and 2012 German Championships and then retired from competition.

Programs

(with Carolina Hermann)

Results

(with Hermann) ''GP:

; 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 ...

References

External links

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Official site
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