Jennifer Goolsbee (born September 6, 1968) is a 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 ...

who is best known for her partnership with Hendryk Schamberger for

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. With Schamberger, she is a four-time German national champion and placed ninth at the

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Career

Early in her career, Goolsby, along with Peter Chupa, James Schilling and Shawn Rettstatt, took turns playing for the United States. In 1990, Goolsbee teamed up with German ice dancer Hendryk Schamberger to compete for Germany. They were coached by

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. They won the German national title four times and competed at the

, placing ninth. Goolsbee/Schamberger finished as high as seventh at the World Championships (1994) and eighth at the European Championships (1995). They parted ways in 1995. Goolsbee later had a brief partnership with Armenian ice dancer Samuel Gezalian. They won the German title in 1997. Goolsbee and Schamberger teamed up again in 1997 to skate in shows.

Personal life

Goolsbee received German citizenship in December 1993. She moved back to the United States in 1998. In 2001, she married former ice dancer Kyle Schneble, with whom she has a daughter, Jordyn, and son, Rush.

Competitive highlights

With Gezalian

With Schamberger

With Schilling

References

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