Stefan Lindemann (figure skater)
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nation | Germany | ||||||||||||
birthday | September 30, 1980 | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Erfurt, GDR | ||||||||||||
size | 163 cm | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Single run | ||||||||||||
society | Ice sports club Erfurt | ||||||||||||
Trainer | Viola Striegler, Ilona Schindler, Sonja Morgenstern |
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choreographer | Iwo Svec | ||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||
End of career | 2010 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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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
- Stefan Lindemann in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
- Stefan Lindemann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait - Stefan Lindemann. stefan-lindemann.com, accessed on October 25, 2010 .
- ↑ Lindemann moved to Mannheim . In: pirouette . Volume 48, No. 8, 2015, p. 10.
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SURNAME | Lindemann, Stefan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt , GDR |