Rebecca Handke (born 2 October 1986 in Soest, West Germany) is a German former

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With partner

Daniel Wende Daniel Wende (born 24 July 1984) is a German pair skater. With Maylin Wende, he is the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard bronze medalist, the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time German national champion. They have competed twice at t ...

, she is the 2005-2006 German national silver medalist.

Career

Rebecca Handke represented the club SC Moehnesee as a pair skater with skating partner

. They were first coached by Julia Gnilozoubova. From 2004 on, their coach was

Knut Schubert Knut Schubert (born 9 September 1958 in Bautzen, East Germany) is a former East German pair skater. With his sister, Katja Schubert, he won the bronze medal at the 1974 East German Figure Skating Championships. They went on to finish ninth at ...

. After 2004, Handke and Wende trained in

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and in

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. The pair achieved their highest international result of 6th at the 2005 European Championships. In March 2006, Handke had a surgery due to knee problems. Handke and Wende ended their partnership following the 2006–2007 season. She trained for a short time with Canadian skater Christopher Richardson until July 2007, but never competed with him. Handke retired from competitive skating following the 2007–2008 season.

Personal life

Handke attended school at the Conrad-von-Soest-Gymnasium in Soest and passed her

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

later by long distance studies. On 1 July 2005, she became a member of the Sportsoldatin of the

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Programs

(with Wende)

Competitive highlights

(with Wende)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Handke, Rebecca German female pair skaters 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) People from Soest, Germany 21st-century German sportswomen