Stefan Lindemann (figure skater)

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Stefan Lindemann figure skating
Stefan Lindemann here at the 2010 European Championships in Tallinn
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday September 30, 1980
place of birth Erfurt,  GDRGermany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
size 163 cm
Career
discipline Single run
society Ice sports club Erfurt
Trainer Viola Striegler,
Ilona Schindler,
Sonja Morgenstern
choreographer Iwo Svec
status resigned
End of career 2010
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 Dortmund 2004 Men's
ISU European figure skating championships
bronze Turin 2005 Men's
Personal best
 Total points 203.95 EM 2010
 Freestyle 133.76 EM 2010
 Short program 70.19 EM 2010
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Grand Prix competitions 0 0 1
 

Stefan Lindemann (born September 30, 1980 in Erfurt , GDR ) is a former German figure skater who started in a single run .

Career

At the age of four, Stefan Lindemann started ice skating at the ice sports club in Erfurt. The idea for this came from a colleague of his mother's. At the age of twelve he wanted to switch to ice hockey , but his mother prevented that. So he stayed with figure skating and joined Ilona Schindler's training group, which he should never regret. After graduating from the Pierre-de-Coubertin sports high school in Erfurt, Lindemann signed up for the armed forces and became a sports soldier in order to find enough support and opportunities for his sport.

At the age of 14, Lindemann made his first notable appearance at the German Junior Championships, where he finished fourth. The following year he started at the German championships and finished twelfth. In 1997 he was fourth, in 1999 second and in 2000 he managed to become German champion. But the real sensation was that in March 2000 he won a Junior World Championship title for the German Ice Skating Union for the first time . It was the first and so far only Junior World Championship title for a German figure skater in men's singles. In the same year, however, Lindemann had a serious fall and suffered an inner ligament strain in the right knee joint with a tear in the inner ligament and a strain in the ankle at the Sparkassen-Cup .

In March 2004, Lindemann returned to the top of the world and at the same time experienced the high point of his career: After he had become German champion again, he won the bronze medal at the World Cup in Dortmund behind Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko and Brian Joubert . This was the first world championship medal for a German figure skater in men's singles since Norbert Schramm won the silver medal at the world championship in 1983 . In 2005 Lindemann won the bronze medal at the 2005 European Championships in Turin , again behind Pljuschtschenko and Joubert. It was the first European Championship medal for a German figure skater since 1984 , when Rudi Cerne won silver and Norbert Schramm bronze. However, the 2005 World Cup was not quite as successful as the year before. Lindemann crashed several times in the short program and was 18th in the interim ranking. But with his almost flawless freestyle he was able to make up six places and ended up in 12th place.

In the summer of 2006, Lindemann separated from his long-time trainer Ilona Schindler. He went to Berlin to join Viola Striegler , but started for the ESC Erfurt (now BSV 92 Berlin) until 2009. Due to an adductor strain , Stefan Lindemann could not start in the 2007/2008 season.

Stefan Lindemann became German Champion 2010 after a long break from injury. Like Peter Liebers , he had already met the Olympic standard. By winning the German Championships, Lindemann qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , where he finished 22nd with injuries. At the world championship he no longer competed and left the starting place to Peter Liebers.

Stefan Lindemann ended his ice skating career as an active athlete after the 2010 Winter Olympics. He lives in Berlin.

Stefan Lindemann married his then fiancé Isabell Hundt in November 2013.

On September 1, 2015, he gave up his coaching activity in Berlin to become head of the Mannheim ERC.


Results

Competition / season 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
winter Olympics 21st 22nd
World championships 13. 14th 18th 3. 12. 12.
European championships 17th 8th. 12. 12. 5. 3. 12. 11. 9.
Junior World Championships 14th 1.
German championships 12. 5. 2. 1. 1. 2. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
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Grand Prix competition / season 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10
Skate America 9. 9.
Skate Canada 6th
Cup of Russia 4th
NHK Trophy 11.
Trophée Lalique 11.
Bofrost Cup 7th 1. 1.
Cup of China 3.

Other competitions

Nebelhorn Trophy
2002 - 8th place
2006 - 1st place
2010 - 8th place

Web links

Commons : Stefan Lindemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait - Stefan Lindemann. stefan-lindemann.com, accessed on October 25, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Lindemann moved to Mannheim . In: pirouette . Volume 48, No. 8, 2015, p. 10.
personal data
SURNAME Lindemann, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt , GDR