Irene Salzmann

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Irene Salzmann , b. Schönherr (born June 5, 1927 ; † March 9, 2020 ) was a German figure skater and figure skating trainer who is considered the founder of the Chemnitz pair skating tradition.

Life

Irene Salzmann's greatest success as an active figure skater was - together with Jutta Müller , then still Seyfert - winning the GDR championship in Oberhof in 1949 in women's pair skating .

As a trainer at SC Karl-Marx-Stadt , she established the Chemnitz pair skating tradition at the end of the 1950s. Her best-known protégés include her son Axel Salzmann , who initially ran together with Monika Helbig , who later became a successful Chemnitz pair skating trainer as a married Scheibe, and who achieved eighth place at the 1972 Winter Olympics with Annette Kansy in Sapporo . The Olympic second of the 1976 Winter Olympic Games of Innsbruck , Rolf Oesterreich and Romy Kermer were cared for until 1972 from her before theSC Dynamo Berlin changed. Her most successful couple were Tassilo Thierbach and Sabine Baeß , who were the first GDR athletes to win the title at the 1982 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki and who also ran twice ( 1982 in Lyon and 1983 in Dortmund ) for the European Championships. In 1987 she retired.

In 2006 she was honored with the Chemmy for her life's work .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice , in: Freie Presse , Chemnitzer Zeitung of March 21, 2020, p. 18.
  2. ↑ Martina Martin: Irene Salzmann: A life for figure skating , in: Freie Presse, complete edition of March 18, 2020, p. 18.
personal data
SURNAME Salzmann, Irene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schönherr, Irene (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German figure skater and figure skating trainer
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1927
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2020