Constanze Paulinus

Constanze Paulinus at the Nebelhorn Trophy 2007

Constanze Paulinus (born July 9, 1985 in Berlin ) is a British - German figure skater .

biography

Constanze "Connie" Paulinus started figure skating at the age of five. In 1993 she emigrated to England with her mother and sister , where they still live today. At the age of 14, she moved from home and went to Scotland for better training opportunities. In 2001 she was British junior single skating champion for the Dundee Ice Arena Figure Club , a year earlier she was junior runner-up in pair skating (with Neal Bone ). After her return to Germany in 2002, Constanze Paulinus joined the ESC Erfurt , where she was looked after by Ilona Schindler . At German championships she reached third place twice. Since 2007 she has been working for the Berlin TSC under coach Karin Hendschke-Raddatz .

Successes / results (single run)

British Championships

• 2001 - 1st place (Juniors)

German championships

• 2003 - 13th place
• 2004 - 3rd place
• 2005 - after short program (4th place) abandoned in freestyle due to injury
• 2006 - 5th place
• 2007 - 3rd place
• 2008 - 5th place
• 2009 - 2nd place
• 2011 - 5th place

Grand Prix competitions

• 2005 - 7th place - Skate America , Atlantic City

Other competitions

• 2004 - 2nd place - Bofrost Cup , Gelsenkirchen
• 2004 - 11th place - Nebelhorn Trophy , Oberstdorf
• 2005 - 9th place - Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf
• 2006 - 8th place - Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf
• 2007 - 10th place - Ondrej Nepela Memorial, Bratislava
• 2007 - 10th place - Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf
• 2007 - 10th place - Golden Spin, Zagreb
• 2008 - 12th place - Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf
• 2008 - 1st place - 13ème Coupe Internationale de Patinage de Nice, Nice
• 2008 - 1st place - Open Berlin Championships 2009
• 2009 - 13th place - Winter Universiade , Harbin

Web links

• official homepage
• Constanze Paulinus in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Photo page in the figure skating corner