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Alexander König (born August 23, 1966 in Eilenburg, Saxony, GDR) is a German former figure skater.

Contents 1 Career 2 Results 2.1 Pair skating with Peggy Schwarz 2.1.1 Olympics 2.1.2 Worlds Pair skating 2.1.3 Europeans Pair skating 2.1.4 East-German Championships Pair skating 2.1.5 German Championships Pair skating 2.2 Singels - Men 2.2.1 World Junior Championships Men 2.2.2 Europeans Men 2.2.3 East-German Championships Men

[edit] Career

His family moved from Eilenburg to Berlin in 1969. Here he started skating.

Alexander König represented the club SC Dynamo Berlin respectively. One of his first coaches was Inge Wischnewski.

He started his career as a single skater. He changed to pair skating in 1985 and teamed up with Peggy Schwarz. Their coach was Hedemarie Steiner-Walther.

Alexander König as a sigle skater became 3rd at the junior world championships 1982. His greatest success in pair skating was the bronze medal at the Europeans 1988.

1990 Peggy Schwarz and Alexander König changed their coach to Knut Schubert. 1994 the pair separated. Peggy Schwarz was pregnant. At this time Alexander König finished his figure skating career.

1985 to 1988 Alexander König attended school to became a specialist in gastronomy. 1994 to 1997 he studied sport at the Trainerakademie in Cologne. He is an A-licenced coach of the DEU (German figure skating union). Already during his education he worked as a coach in Stuttgart followed by a job as a coach in Chemnitz. Since 2001 Alexander König works as a figure skating coach in Berlin. He is also figure skating judge and technical specialist.

Since 1983 he is also a painter and had several exhibitions for his paintings.

[edit] Results

[edit] Pair skating with Peggy Schwarz

[edit] Olympics

• 1988 – 7th place
• 1992 – 7th place
• 1994 – 7th place

[edit] Worlds Pair skating

• 1988 – did not participate
• 1989 – 4th place
• 1990 – 10th place
• 1991 – 7th place
• 1992 – 6th place
• 1993 – 12th place
• 1994 – 9th place

[edit] Europeans Pair skating

• 1988 – 3rd place
• 1989 – did not participate
• 1990 – 4th place
• 1991 – did not participate
• 1992 – 5th place
• 1993 – 5th place
• 1994 – 7th place

[edit] East-German Championships Pair skating

• 1987 – 3rd place
• 1988 – 1st place

[edit] German Championships Pair skating

• 1991 – 2nd place
• 1992 – 1st place
• 1993 – withdrawn due to injury
• 1994 – 2nd place

[edit] Singels - Men

[edit] World Junior Championships Men

• 1982 – 3rd place

[edit] Europeans Men

• 1982 – withdrawn due to illness with fever / after compulsory figures 9th place

[edit] East-German Championships Men

• 1981 – 3rd place
• 1982 – not helt
• 1983 – 3rd place
• 1984 – 2nd place

v • d • e German champions in figure skating – Pairs 1907: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger · 1909: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger · 1911: Rolle & Graul · 1912: Hedwig Winzer & Hugo Winzer · 1913: Schnell & Georg Velisch · 1914: Lischke & Hoppe · 1920: Margaret Klebe & Paul Metzner · 1922–23: Grete Weise & Georg Velisch · 1924: Katrin Flebbe & Eilers · 1925: Förster & Jüngling · 1926–31: Ilse Kishauer & Ernst Gaste · 1932–33: Wally Hempel & Otto Weiß · 1934–36: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier · 1937: Eva Prawitz & Otto Weiß · 1938–41: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier · 1942–43: Gerda Strauch & Günther Noack · 1944: Hertha Ratzenhofer & Emil Ratzenhofer · 1947–52: Ria Baran & Paul Falk · 1953: Helga Krüger & Peter Voss · 1954: Inge Minor & Karl Braun · 1955–57: Marika Kilius & Franz Ningel · 1958–59: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler · 1960–62: Margret Göbl & Franz Ningel · 1963–64: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler · 1965–66: Sonja Pfersdorf & Günther Matzdorf · 1967–68: Margot Glockshuber & Wolfgang Danne · 1969: Gudrun Hauss & Walter Häfner · 1970: Brunhilde Baßler & Erberhard Rausch · 1971–73: Almut Lehmann & Herbert Wiesinger · 1974–76: Corinna Halke & Eberhard Rausch · 1977–78: Susanne Scheibe & Andreas Nischwitz · 1979–81: Christina Riegel & Andreas Nischwitz · 1982: Bettina Hage & Stefan Zins · 1983–84: Claudia Massari & Leonardo Azzola · 1985: Claudia Massari & Daniele Caprano · 1986: Kerstin Kiminus & Stefan Pfrengle · 1987: Sonja Adalbert & Daniele Caprano · 1988: Brigitte Groh & Holger Maletz · 1989–90: Anuschka Gläser & Stefan Pfrengle · 1991: Mandy Wötzel & Axel Rauschenbach · 1992: Peggy Schwarz & Alexander König · 1993: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer · 1994: Anuschka Gläser & Axel Rauschenbach · 1995–97: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer · 1998–2000: Peggy Schwarz & Mirko Müller · 2001: Claudia Rauschenbach & Robin Szolkowy · 2002: Sarah Jentgens & Mirko Müller · 2003: Eva-Maria Fitze & Rico Rex · 2004–08: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy

Persondata
NAME	König, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	August 23, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eilenburg
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH