Rico Rex

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Rico Rex (born October 5, 1976 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a former German figure skater .

Eva-Maria Fitze and Rico Rex at the beginning of their short program at the German Championships in 2006

biography

Rico Rex came to figure skating through the selection process in the GDR . He started ice skating at the age of four in what was then Karl-Marx-Stadt. For the Chemnitzer EC he started as a single runner under trainer Steffi Ruttkies .

In 1993 Rex switched to pair skating with Silvia Dimitrov . The pair achieved 8th place as the best international result at the European Championships in 1996. Dimitrov ended her pair skating career in 1997 due to injury.

Eva-Maria Fitze and Rico Rex doing their freestyle at the 2006 German Championships

Until 2000, Rex ran with Katharina Rybkowski ( Düsseldorfer EG). The couple trained with Monika Scheibe in Chemnitz, but could not qualify for the European and World Championships. An interlude with Stefanie Weiss followed, but Rico Rex did not even start with her at German championships. The couple had to give up at the 2001 open French championships. In 2001 Rex ran with the Czech Radka Zlatohlavková. At the German Championships in 2002, however, the couple had to give up. As a result, the couple separated again.

Since spring 2002 Rico Rex ran together with the former German individual runner Eva-Maria Fitze . Her trainer in Chemnitz was Ingo Steuer until December 2005 , after which Monika Scheibe took over the care of the couple. Rex and his partner Eva-Maria Fitze ended his career as a figure skater after completing the pair skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and taking 15th place. From then on he worked as a project manager at a Dresden marketing agency.

In 2006 Rex took part as a trainer with Collien Ulmen-Fernandes on the RTL show Dancing on Ice , but dropped out in the second episode. Rico Rex was a sports soldier in the Bundeswehr in the sports promotion group in Frankenberg during his competitive sports time . His rank was sergeant major .

Rico Rex is currently working as a freelance trainer in Berlin.

Successes / results

if not stated otherwise, pair skating with Eva-Maria Fitze

Competition / winter season 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
winter Olympics - - - - 15th
World championships - - - 18 * 14 * 13 * - - - - - 15th 12 - -
European championships - - - 11 * 8th* - - - - - - 9 7th - 7th
German championships 12 E. 13 E. - 3 * 2 * - - 4 ** 3 ** - KP 4 *** 1 2 3 3
NHK Trophy - - - - - 7th - - - - - 8th* -
Cup of China - 6th -
Cup of Russia - - - - - - - - 10 ** - - - - - 9
Tropheé Lalique - - - - - - - - - - - 8th - - -
Sparkassen Cup - - - - 7 * WD * - - 8th** - - 7th
Skate America - - - - - 5 * - - - - - - - - -
Nebelhorn Trophy - - - - - - - - 8th** - - 4th KP 9 - -

Legend: E = single run, * with Silvia Dimitrov, ** with Katharina Rybkowski, *** with Radka Zlatohlavková, KP = placement according to short program, WD = withdrawn

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personal data
SURNAME Rex, Rico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Karl Marx City