Rimma Wilms is a retired German

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, who won the German Championship in the Junior Ladies B category in 2000. She placed fourth at the Heiko Fischer Cup among Junior Ladies in 1998, and retired from competition in 2001 after a 23rd place finish at the

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. In 2010, Rimma co-founded a

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, Esperance For All, in New York and organized an event at

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Mall. At the event, hearing-impaired and deaf children met with an

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-speaking

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilms, Rimma German female single skaters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)