Heinz-Ulrich Walther

Heinz-Ulrich Walther
Heinz-Ulrich Walther and Brigitte Wokoeck at the GDR championships in 1962
nation	German Democratic Republic
birthday	March 11, 1943
place of birth	Stendal
size	175 cm
Weight	63 kg
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Brigitte Wokoeck, Heidemarie Steiner
society	SC Dynamo Berlin
Trainer	Heinz-Friedrich Lindner
status	resigned
End of career	1970
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 0 × 0 × 3 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Ljubljana 1970 Couples  European figure skating championships bronze Ljubljana 1967 Couples bronze Västerås 1968 Couples bronze Leningrad 1970 Couples

Heinz-Ulrich Walther (born March 11, 1943 in Stendal ) is a former German figure skater who started pair skating for the GDR .

biography

Heinz-Ulrich Walther competed for SC Dynamo Berlin . His first figure skating partner was Brigitte Wokoeck . With her he was GDR champion in pair skating in 1962 and 1964 . Together they took part in two European championships . They finished sixth on their debut in 1962 and eighth in 1963 . She finished in tenth place at the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck .

In 1964 the couple separated and from then on Walther ran together with Heidemarie Steiner , whom he married in 1969. In 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1970 they became East German champions . They took part in world and European championships from 1966 to 1970 . At the European Championships in 1967 , 1968 and 1970 they won the bronze medal. They won their only medal at world championships with bronze behind the Soviet couples Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanow and Lyudmila Smirnowa and Andrei Suraikin at the 1970 World Cup in Ljubljana . It was the first medal in pair skating for the GDR at world figure skating championships. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble , they were fourth to miss a medal. Your trainer was Heinz-Friedrich Lindner .

Heinz-Ulrich Walther studied medicine and worked at the Charité in Berlin . Until his retirement he was an academic assistant at the Clinic for Orthopedics .

He was also active as an international figure skating judge and international technical controller for pair skating.

Heinz-Ulrich Walther and Heidemarie Steiner at the GDR championships in 1966

Results

Pair skating

(until 1964 with Brigitte Wokoeck , from 1966 with Heidemarie Steiner )

Competition / year	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
winter Olympics					10.				4th
World championships							9.	5.	5.	5.	3.
European championships			6th	8th.			8th.	3.	3.	4th	3.
GDR championships	3.		1.	3.	1.		1.	1.	2.	1.	1.

Heinz-Ulrich Walther and Heidemarie Steiner, 1969

Web links

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• Heinz-Ulrich Walther in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )