Stefan Lindemann

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Stefan Lindemann

Stefan Lindemann at the 2007 European Championships.
Personal Info
Country:	Germany
Height:	163 cm
Coach:	Viola Striegler
Skating Club:	Eissportclub Erfurt
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	200.54	2005 Europeans
Short Program:	68.65	2005 Cup of Russia
Free Skate:	132.79	2005 Europeans

Most Recent Results :
Event	Points	Finish	Year
European Championships	176.17	11th	2007

Stefan Lindemann (born September 30, 1980 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany) is a German figure skater. He is a six time German national champion.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Competitive highlights 3 External links 4 Navigation

[edit] Biography

Stefan Lindeman started skating at age 4 in Erfurt at the local skating club. At age 12 he wanted to play ice hockey, but his mother saved him for figure skating. His coach is Ilona Schindler. After finishing his school be became sponsored by the Bundeswehr and now works there.

In 1995 at age 14 Stefan Lindemann made his first successful appearance in the international figure skating scene by placing fourth at the junior world championships. In 1996 he placed 12th at the German nationals. He placed fourth in the same event in 1997, second in 1999, and first in 2000, becoming the German champion. In 2000 he also surprisingly and sensationally won the junior world championships. This was the first junior world champion title for the German Figure Skating Organisation, Deutsche Eislauf-Union.

Later that year he had tore a ligament in his right knee and pulled a muscle in his talocalcanean joint at the Sparkassen-Cup.

In 2004 he returned to the top of the figure skating world, became German champion and won the bronze medal at the World championships in Dortmund. In 2005 he won the bronze medal at the Europeans. However he was very unlucky at the World championships 2005, where he messed up all possible jumps in the short program. Finally he was placed 12th at the Worlds 2005 thanks to a very strong performance in the free program.

He is already the most successful German figure skater in the men’s single event since Norbert Schramm, who won silver 1982 and 1983 at the World championships.

Lindemann was forced to withdraw from the 2006-2007 Grand Prix series due to injury.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Winter Olympic Games								21st
World Championships	13th	14th	18th			3rd	12th		12th
European Championships	17th	8th		12th	12th	5th	3rd	12th	11th
German Championships	2nd	1st		1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Cup of Russia								4th
NHK Trophy								11th
Skate America						9th	9th
Skate Canada International							6th
Cup of China							3rd
Trophee Lalique						11th
Bofrost Cup				7th		1st	1st
Nebelhorn Trophy				8th				1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial					2nd	2nd	1st
World Junior Championships	14th	1st
Junior Grand Prix Final	4th	2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia		1st
Junior Grand Prix, Canada		5th
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria	2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany	2nd

[edit] External links

• Official Site (German)
• Official Fansite at AbsoluteSkating
• Stefan Lindemann at the International Skating Union biography page

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Persondata
NAME	Lindemann, Stefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH