Robin Szolkowy
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Robin Szolkowy (born 17 July 1979 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) is a pair figure skater. He is currently German national pair champion with his partner Aljona Sawtschenko.
Szolkowy's father was a Tanzanian doctor, who studied in Greifswald. His mother is a nurse originally from Greifswald. When Robin Szolkowy was 4 years old, mother and son moved to Erfurt, where he started with figure skating.
Robin Szolkowy became German pair champion with two different partners. He lives and trains in Chemnitz. His home club is the Chemnitzer EC.
His first partner was Johanna Otto. Later Robin Szolkowy skated together with Claudia Rauschenbach, the daughter of former Olympic champion Anett Pötzsch. Rauschenbach/Szolkowy won the German pair nationals in figure skating in 2001. Their coach was Monika Scheibe and they trained in Chemnitz. Claudia Rauschbach has finished her figure skating carrier.
For quite a time he could not find a new partner. So he kept his interest in figure skating alive in participating in Synchronized Skating.
Finally he found a new skating partner in Aljona Sawtschenko, originally from the Ukraine. The pair won instantly the German nationals in 2004. Their coach is former worldchampion Ingo Steuer.
In October 2005 the pair Sawtschenko/Szolkowy won the Nebelhorn-Trophy in Oberstdorf and also the Grand Prix Skate Canada. Aljona Sawtschenko received German citizenship on December 29th 2005. Therefore the pair is able to participate in the Winter Olympics 2006.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Olympic Winter Games
- 2006 – 6th place with Aljona Sawtschenko
[edit] World championships
[edit] European championships
[edit] World Junior championships
[edit] German championships (Nationals)
- 2001 – 1st place with Claudia Rauschenbach
- 2004 – 1st place with Aljona Sawtschenko
- 2005 – 1st place with Aljona Sawtschenko
- 2006 – 1st place with Aljona Sawtschenko
[edit] Grand Prix events
- 2004 – 3rd place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Cup of Russia - in Moscow, Russia
- 2005 – 1st place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Skate Canada - in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
- 2005 – 2nd place with Aljona Sawtschenko – NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan
- 2005 – 3rd place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Grand Prix Final in Tokyo, Japan
- 2006 – 3rd place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Cup of China in Nanjing, China
- 2006 – 1st place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Cup of Russia in Moscow, Russia
- 2006 – TBD with Aljona Sawtschenko - Grand Prix Final in St. Petersburg, Russia
[edit] Junior Grand Prix events
- 1998 – 4th Place with Claudia Rauschenbach - in The Hague, Netherlands
- 2000 – 7th Place with Claudia Rauschenbach - in Gdańsk, Poland
[edit] Other events
- 1998 – 8th Place with Claudia Rauschenbach - Pokal der Blauen Schwerter - in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
- 1998 – 6th Place with Claudia Rauschenbach - Hungarian Trophy - in Budapest, Hungary
- 1999 – 5th Place with Claudia Rauschenbach - Salchow Trophy - in Stockholm, Sweden
- 2000 – 6th Place with Claudia Rauschenbach - Pokal der Blauen Schwerter - in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
- 2004 – 3rd Place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Nebelhorn-Trophy - in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany
- 2004 – 1st Place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Ondrej-Nepela-Memorial - in Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2005 – 1st Place with Aljona Sawtschenko - Nebelhorn-Trophy - in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
| Figure skating at the Olympic Games |
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