Shari Koch (born 23 September 1993) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With skating partner Christian Nüchtern, she is the 2014

Bavarian Open The Bavarian Open is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of Bavaria. Since 2011, it is sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union. The event is held in February at Eiss ...

silver medalist,

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bronze medalist, and 2019 German national champion.

Career

Koch started learning to skate in 1999. She and Nüchtern made their international debut at the

2008 NRW Trophy The 2008 NRW Trophy was held in two parts, with ice dancers competing separately from the singles disciplines and pair skating. Both competitions were held at the Eissportzentrum Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. The ice dancing competition was held bet ...

. They placed in the top ten at the

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and 2013 World Junior Championships and won the German junior national title three times (2011–13). Koch/Nüchtern won their first senior international medal, silver, at the 2014

. After missing the entire 2014–15 season, they returned to international competition in February 2016 at the Bavarian Open. In February 2017, they received the bronze medal at the Winter Universiade in

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, Kazakhstan.

Programs

(with Nüchtern)

Competitive highlights

''GP:

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix'' With Nüchtern

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, Shari German female ice dancers Universiade medalists in figure skating 1993 births Living people People from Gummersbach Sportspeople from Cologne (region) Universiade bronze medalists for Germany Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade