German Ice Skating Union

German Ice Skating Union eV
Founded	1964
Place of foundation	Hamburg
president	Dieter Hillebrand
societies	171
Members	19,781
Association headquarters	Munich
Homepage	www.eislauf-union.de

The German Ice Skating Union e. V. (DEU) is the sports association for figure skating , ice dancing and synchronized figure skating in Germany.

The association was founded in Hamburg in 1964 and initially represented figure skating in the Federal Republic of Germany . Today the DEU is based in Munich . In 1990 the DEU merged with the German Ice Skating Association (DELV) of the GDR . The DEU was initially led by chairmen, and since 1998 by presidents.

There are 14 regional associations. There are currently no state associations for figure skating in the federal states of Brandenburg and Schleswig-Holstein .

The association is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the International Skating Union .

Competitions

The DEU organizes the following competitions at national level:

• German championships in figure skating
• German youth championships in figure skating
• German youth championships in figure skating
• Germany Cup
• German Championships and German Cup in synchronized figure skating

Chair and President of the DEU

• since 2006 Dieter Hillebrand (formerly DEV)
• 2002 to 2006 Reinhard Mirmseker
• 1996 to 2002 Angela Siedenberg
• 1980 to 1996 Wolf-Dieter Montag
• 1968 to 1980 Fritz Geiger
• 1966 to 1968 Hermann Schiechtl
• 1963 to 1966 Rudi Marx

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Ice Skating Union: Presidium. German Ice Skating Union, accessed April 25, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Inventory survey 2019. (PDF) German Olympic Sports Confederation, accessed on June 25, 2020 .