Günter Zöller

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Günter Zöller figure skating
Günter Zöller, 1967
nation Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
birthday May 21, 1948
place of birth Chemnitz
Career
discipline Single run
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
EM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Ljubljana 1970 Men's
ISU European figure skating championships
bronze Leningrad 1970 Men's
 
Günter Zöller, 1971

Günter Werner Siegfried Zöller (born May 21, 1948 in Chemnitz ) is a German figure skating coach . As a figure skater, he was successful in the individual run for the GDR .

Life

Günter Zöller began figure skating as a child. He trained with Jutta Müller and only started for SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and from 1963 for SC Karl-Marx-Stadt , i.e. for the GDR. In his career he was GDR champion six times. In 1967 he defeated Reinhard Mirmseker , later president of the German Ice Skating Union, at the GDR championships . At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he reached eleventh place.

After he had continuously improved on the international stage, he was third in both the European Championship and the World Championship in 1970 . However, he was then injured. During the European Championships in Göteborg in 1972 , he withdrew and fled to West Germany. Here he became a successful trainer, first in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and from 1974 in Mannheim . From 1985 to 1988 he was also the Italian national coach. He trained in Germany including Claudia Leistner , Rudi Cerne , Stefan Pfrengle , Manuela Ruben , Petra Ernert , Susanne Becher , Nathalie Weinzierl and the Canadian Brian Orser and is still a trainer in Mannheim today.

Results

Competition / year 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
winter Olympics 11.
World championships 18th 11. 11. 7th 3.
European championships 19th 12. 7th 8th. 4th 3.
GDR championships 2. 2. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

Web links

Commons : Günter Zöller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Spiegel 46/1999: Stasi: The source is reliable .
  2. ↑ Günter Zöller, third place in the World Cup, b. 1948, ice skater, fled 1972 , exhibition: “ZOV sports traitors. Top athletes on the run ”, Erfurt December 20, 2012 to February 24, 2013
  3. ↑ Birthday: Figure skating coach Günter Zöller turns 65, Mannheimer Morgen , May 21, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Zöller, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zöller, Günter Werner Siegfried (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz