Günter Zöller
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Günter Zöller (born May 21, 1948 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany) is a German figure skater and figure skating coach.
Zöller was a child when he began figure skating. His coach was Jutta Müller. He skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and represented East Germany.
In 1967 he won the East German nationals over Reinhard Mirmseker, the then-president of the Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German national figure skating organisation).
In 1970 he won bronze medals at the Europeans and the Worlds. Afterwards he was injured.
In 1972 he left East Germany and moved to West Germany. There he became a successful coach in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. Among his students were the skaters Claudia Leistner and Rudi Cerne.
He is still a coach in Mannheim.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Olympic Winter Games
- 1968 – 11th place
[edit] World championships
[edit] European championships
- 1963 – 19th place
- 1965 – 12th place
- 1967 – 7th place
- 1968 – 8th place
- 1969 – 4th place
- 1970 – 3rd place
[edit] East German championships (nationals)
- 1963 – 2nd place
- 1964 – 2nd place
- 1965 – 1st place
- 1966 – not participated
- 1967 – 1st place
- 1968 – 1st place
- 1969 – 1st place
- 1970 – 1st place
- 1971 – not participated due to injury
- 1972 – 1st place
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| NAME | Zöller, Günter |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
