William Beier
William Beier (born November 2, 1982 in Manila , Philippines ) is a former German figure skater .
Life
William Beier was born in Manila to a Filipino mother and a German father. The mother left her husband and children. Father Siegfried Beier returned to Germany with the children shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. So William Beier came to Chemnitz at the age of 8 . Just two months after returning to Germany, Siegfried Beier died in a car accident. William Beier then grew up with relatives of his father who worked in the Chemnitz ice rink.
William Beier was an ice dancer . He ran with his sister Christina Beier . At the age of 13, William Beier went to Dortmund with his sister to train ice dancing with Oleg Ryjkin , as this was no longer promoted in Chemnitz in 1996. Since then you have started for TSC Eintracht Dortmund .
In 2004 the couple changed coach and training facility and now trained with Martin Skotnický in Oberstdorf . During the training they were also supported by Kati Winkler .
The couple retired in August 2010 (William's knee problems)
Successes / results
with Christina Beier
Olympic games
- 2010 - 18th place - Vancouver
World championships
Junior World Championships
- 2000 - 15th place - Oberstdorf
- 2001 - did not participate
- 2002 - 11th place - Hamar
- 2003 - 5th place - Ostrava
European championships
- 2004 - 16th place - Budapest
- 2005 - 15th place - Turin
- 2006 - 13th place - Lyon
- 2007 - did not participate, injured
- 2008 - 15th place - Zagreb
- 2010 - 15th place - Tallinn
German championships
- 1998 - 1st place (youngsters)
- 2001 - 1st place (Juniors)
- 2002 - 1st place (Juniors)
- 2004 - 2nd place
- 2005 - 1st place
- 2006 - 1st place
- 2007 - did not participate, injured
- 2008 - 1st place
- 2010 - 1st place
Other competitions
- 2002 - 1st place - Junior Grand Prix, Beijing
- 2002 - 2nd place - Junior Grand Prix, Courchevel
- 2005 - 3rd place - Nebelhorn Trophy , Oberstdorf
- 2007 - 2nd place - Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf
swell
- ↑ Career ended, accessed on 20110109
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Beier, William |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd November 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Manila , Philippines |