René Lohse

René Sachtler-Lohse
nation	Germany
birthday	23rd September 1973
place of birth	East Berlin,  German Democratic Republic
size	183 cm
Career
discipline	Ice dance
Partner	Kati Winkler
society	SC Berlin
Trainer	Martin Skotnicky, Knut Schubert
choreographer	Kelly Johnson, Marc Bogaerts, Werner Lipowsky
status	resigned
End of career	2004
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Dortmund 2004 Ice dance
Personal best
Total points 201.71 Cup of Russia 2003  Freestyle 101.91 Cup of Russia 2003  Original dance 60.80 Cup of Russia 2003  Compulsory dance 39.00 Cup of Russia 2003
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 0 0  Grand Prix competitions 0 3 4th

René Lohse , married. Sachtler-Lohse (born September 23, 1973 in East Berlin ) is a former German figure skater who started in ice dancing .

Career

René Lohse is the son of Michael and Alrun Lohse. He has a brother named Rico and a sister named Romy. In his hometown of Berlin, he started figure skating at the age of four, when he was selected for it in kindergarten, as is usual in the GDR. Lohse started out as a single runner and was trained by Romy Kermer . In 1983 he changed coach and went to Jürgen Bertko .

At the age of 12, Lohse gave up figure skating to practice other sports. Two years later he returned to his old sport and was asked by Kati Winkler if he wanted to become her ice dance partner. Lohse agreed and so from 1987 both trained with Knut Schubert , who actually specialized in pair skaters. After the career of the best ice dancing couple from the GDR, Annerose Baier and Eberhard Rüger , the figure skating discipline of ice dancing in the GDR disappeared from the scene from 1971 to 1989. No national ice dance championships were held during this period. When the discipline was reintroduced in 1990, Kati Winkler and René Lohse became the last ice dance champions in the GDR.

Kati Winkler and René Lohse at the 2004 World Cup in Dortmund

In 1993 Winkler and Lohse made their debut at European Championships and 1995 at World Championships . In 1996 they became all-German champions for the first time. In the same year they went to Oberstdorf to coach Martin Skotnický . However, they always started for SC Berlin (formerly SC Dynamo Berlin). Both were regular soldiers and were supported by the Bundeswehr. Her choreographers were Kelly Johnson , Marc Bogaerts and Werner Lipowsky .

In 1998, Winkler and Lohse played their first Olympic Games and finished them in tenth place. At the world and European championships , they finished ninth each time and were thus among the extended world elite. In the next four years they showed continuous performances at world and European championships and achieved placements from fifth to seventh. In 2000 they became the first German ice dancer to qualify for the Grand Prix final . There they finished fifth. At their second Olympic Games in 2002 they finished eighth. A few weeks earlier, Lohse had injured his knee in a training fall. In the summer of 2002 he was injured again when he had a bicycle accident in Oberstdorf. Although he recovered and qualified for the Grand Prix final with his ice dance partner, they had to cancel this due to an influenza at Winkler and a muscle injury at Lohse. Because of renewed ligament injuries in Lohse's knee, they missed the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 European Championship. Lohse got fit just in time to be able to take part in the 2004 World Cup in his own country, in Dortmund . There Kati Winkler and René Lohse won the bronze medal. It was the greatest success of German ice dancers since 1973, when Angelika and Erich Buck won their last World Cup medal. Aside from the Bucks, Winkler and Lohse are the only German ice dancers who have won a World Cup medal. After their success at the World Cup, Winkler and Lohse ended their competitive careers.

René Lohse is a qualified sports and tourism manager. He works as a trainer in Berlin. His students include Carolina and Daniel Hermann .

Lohse is married to the former figure skater and current trainer Anne Sachtler. Their son was born in May 2011.

Results

Ice dance

(with Kati Winkler )

Championship / year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
winter Olympics									10.				8th.
World championships						19th	13.	12.	9.	7th	6th	7th	7th		3.
European championships				16.		15th	9.		9.	6th	5.	6th		5.
Junior World Championships		15th	8th.
German championships			2.	2.	3.	2.	1.		1.	1.	1.			1.	1.
GDR championships	1.
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Grand Prix competition / season	89/90	90/91	91/92	92/93	93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04
Grand Prix Final												5.
Skate America						4th	7th	6th			4th
Skate Canada							9.
Cup of Russia														4th	4th
NHK Trophy										4th		3.		2.	4th
Trophée Lalique								5.				3.
Nations Cup					9.	6th	6th	7th	5.	3.	2.	4th		3.	2.

Web links

Commons : René Lohse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kati Winkler / René Lohse in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• René Lohse in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official website of the ice dancing couple

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} http://www.goldenskate.com/2003/03/germanys-winkler-and-lohse-continue-to-excel/
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