Andreas Nischwitz
Andreas Nischwitz 
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| birthday | April 1, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Stuttgart | ||||||||||||
| size | 173 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg | ||||||||||||
| job | dentist | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | Pair skating | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Susanne Scheibe, Christina Riegel |
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| society | TuS Stuttgart | ||||||||||||
| Trainer | Helene Beck, Karin Frohner, Karel Fajfr |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | 1982 | ||||||||||||
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Andreas Nischwitz (born April 1, 1957 in Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg ) is a former German figure skater who started internationally in pair skating .
He started his career as a single runner at the ERC in Stuttgart and later moved to TUS Stuttgart. In 1974 he started pair skating . His first ice skating partner was Susanne Scheibe . His trainers were Helene Beck , Karin Frohner and Karel Fajfr . With the disk Nischwitz became German pair skating champion in 1977 and 1978 . In both years they also took part in World and European Championships and finished them all four times in eighth place.
With his second ice skating partner Christina Riegel , Nischwitz was German pair skating champion from 1979 to 1981 . In 1981 Nischwitz and Riegel celebrated their greatest successes. First they were runner- up in Innsbruck behind Irina Vorobjowa and Igor Lissowski and then won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Hartford .
After his partner withdrew from competitive sports, Nischwitz also ended his ice skating career and continued his studies in dentistry at the University of Tübingen , which he had started in 1977 and interrupted because of the 1980 Olympic Games. Today he works as a dentist in Tübingen . Andreas Nischwitz is married and has three children.
Results
Pair skating
(until 1978 with Susanne Scheibe , from 1979 with Christina Riegel )
| Competition / year | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
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| winter Olympics | 8th. | ||||
| World championships | 8th. | 8th. | 8th. | 5. | 3. |
| European championships | 8th. | 8th. | 8th. | 6th | 2. |
| German championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
Single run
- 1974 - 10th place
- 1975 - 7th place
- 1976 - 5th place
- 1977 - 5th place
Web links
- Andreas Nischwitz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Andreas Nischwitz: Precision with a runner and drill; in: www.zahnaerzteblatt.de (page 42, PDF)
- In the labyrinth of the Ice Age : the figure skating couple Riegel / Nischwitz , report by Frank Buchmeier in the Stuttgarter Zeitung about Riegel / Nischwitz in 2013
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nischwitz, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |