Claudia Kristofics-Binder

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Claudia Kristofics-Binder figure skating
Claudia Kristofics-Binder (2015)
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 5th October 1961
place of birth Vienna
size 170 cm
Weight 50 kg
Career
society Vienna ice skating club
status resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
EM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Hartford 1981 Ladies
bronze Copenhagen 1982 Ladies
ISU European figure skating championships
bronze Innsbruck 1981 Ladies
gold Lyon 1982 Ladies
 

Claudia Kristofics-Binder (born October 5, 1961 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian figure skater who started in a single run . She is the European champion from 1982 .

Kristofics-Binder made her international debut in 1976. When she finished third at the national championships , she made her debut at European championships , world championships and the Olympic Games . From 1977 to 1982 she was Austrian champion . In 1980 she played her second Olympic Games in Lake Placid and finished seventh. She finished fifth at the World Cup . Her breakthrough came a year later. She won the bronze medal both at the 1981 European Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, and at the World Championships in Hartford . Both times she was the best in the compulsory figures. In 1982 Kristofics-Binder finally became European Champion in Lyon and again won bronze at the World Championships in Copenhagen .

In 1981 and 1982 Claudia Kristofics-Binder was named Austrian Sportswoman of the Year. After the 1982 World Cup, she ended her amateur career and turned professional , including at Holiday on Ice . Kristofics-Binder studied sports science and was then a lecturer at the University of Vienna at the Institute for Sports Science. Your degree is Magister . She is a certified trainer and choreographer. She also works in the ORF's sports department and as a manager. She is the mother of 3 children (2 sons and a daughter). Her daughter Delphine Kristofics-Binder is also an active figure skater (winner of the international “Mozart Cup” for juniors in 2007).

Results

Competition / year 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
winter Olympics 16. 7th
World championships 16. 11. 13. 7th 5. 3. 3.
European championships 13. 8th. Z 3. 1.
Austrian championships 3. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
  • Z = withdrawn

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Columns 2 and 3, below: "Sportsman of the year" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 21, 1981, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ↑ Der Standard The Last of a Golden Era from January 7, 2015, accessed on August 29, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Kristofics-Binder, Claudia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna