Norbert Schramm (born April 7, 1960) is a German former competitive

figure skater 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, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. He is a two-time European champion, a two-time World silver medalist, and a three-time German national champion.

Skating career

Schramm began skating at age six. He was coached by

Erich Zeller Erich Zeller (13 January 1920 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany – 6 November 2001 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany) was a German figure skater and figure skating coach. Erich Zeller as a skater represented the club Rot-Weiß-Berlin an ...

at the national center in

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, and skated for the EC Oberstdorf club representing

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. Amongst his team members were Rudi Cerne and Heiko Fischer. Along with three national titles, Schramm won gold twice at the

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and silver twice at the

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. He also attracted media attention for his red costumes, his choreography and spontaneous creativity on ice, as well as for creating new

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and reinventing old forgotten spins. Schramm retired from amateur competition in 1984. He became a professional world champion in

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, United States, appeared in ice shows such as Holiday on Ice, and directed and choreographed such shows. In 1988, he began coaching figure skaters. From 2002 until 2007 he was artistic director of the ice show at

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. In 2006 he was a representative of the German "Dancing on Ice" television show.

Personal life

Schramm has a daughter, Bernadette Schramm (born on March 4, 1994), with former wife Nicola Brown. He was also married, for less than a year, to German-American filmmaker Marianne Hettinger. Schramm lives in New York City, where he works as a full-time action and people photographer. He was Grand Marshal of the 2012 Steuben Parade in New York City.

Results

References

External links

Norbert Schramm homepage

Norbert Schramm Ice show Productions

Norbert Schramm Photographer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schramm, Norbert 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Nuremberg German male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for West Germany World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists 20th-century German sportsmen