Constanze Gensel

Constanze Gensel

nation

GDR

birthday

1969 or 1970

place of birth

Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR

Career

discipline

Single run

society

SC Karl-Marx-Stadt

Trainer

Jutta Müller

status

Career ended

Medal table

National medals

0 ×

2 ×

1 ×

Constanze Gensel , married Constanze Bauer , is a former German figure skater who competed for the GDR .

Career

In 1985 she won the Golden Pirouette of Zagreb and is multiple medalist at the GDR championships in figure skating . In 1984 she took bronze behind Katarina Witt and Simone Koch . In 1985 and 1986 she came second, both ahead of Simone Koch, but again behind Katarina Witt. At the Junior World Championships in 1984 and the European Championships in 1986 , she took 8th place. Her best world championship placement she achieved at the 1985 world championships with 11th place. She trained in Karl-Marx-Stadt and was spied on by 27 Stasi informers, as she found in her surveillance file. Constanze Bauer later became a consultant at a bank.

Simone Lang , Katarina Witt , Constanze Gensel and Jutta Müller (from left) in Karl-Marx-Stadt, December 25, 1984

International
competition	1983/84	1984/85	1985/86
World Championship	14th	11.	17th
European Championship		12.	8th.
Golden pirouette from Zagreb			1.
Prague skate	3.
International: Junior
Junior World Championship	8th.
National
GDR championship	3.	2.	2.

Commons : Constanze Gensel - Collection of Images

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