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Marika Kilius (born March 24, 1943 in Frankfurt/Main, Hesse, Germany) is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pairs figure skating.
Kilius, the daughter of a hairdresser, began as a singles skater but picked up pairs very early. Her first partner was Franz Ningel. They placed fourth at the 1956 Olympics and won the silver medal at the 1957 World Championships.
In 1957, Kilius began skating with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler under the tutelage of Erich Zeller. Between 1958 and 1964, they won the German Championships four times, European Championships six times and the World Championships two times.
Kilius and Baumler also captured the silver medal at the Olympics twice, in 1960 and 1964. In 1966, it was alleged that the team had signed a professional skating contract before the 1964 Winter Olympics - against the rules at the time - and they were stripped of the medal. The IOC dismissed the charges in 1987, reinstated the original results, and Kilius and Baumler were re-awarded their silver medals.
Kilius was voted the German female athlete of the year in 1959. In 1964, she married Werner Zahn, the son of a factory owner from Frankfurt/Main. The couple divorced, and Kilius also divorced her second husband. She has two children, Sascha and Melanie Schäfer, and as of May 2005, two grandchildren.
[edit] Competition highlights
[edit] With Ningel
[edit] 1956-1957
- 1957 World Championships - 2nd place
- 1957 European Championships - 3rd place
- 1957 German Championships - 1st place
[edit] 1955-1956
- 1956 Olympic Games - 4th place
- 1956 World Championships - 3rd place
- 1956 European Championships - 3rd place
- 1956 German Championships - 1st place
[edit] 1954-1955
- 1955 World Championships - 7th place
- 1955 European Championships - 3rd place
- 1955 German Championships - 1st place
[edit] 1953-1954
- 1954 German Championships - 2nd place
[edit] With Baumler
[edit] 1963-1964
- 1964 Winter Olympics - 2nd place
- 1964 World Championships - 1st place
- 1964 European Championships - 1st place
- 1964 German Championships - 1st place
[edit] 1962-1963
- 1963 World Championships - 1st place
- 1963 European Championships - 1st place
- 1963 German Championships - 1st place
[edit] 1961-1962
- 1962 European Championships - 1st place
- 1962 German Championships - 2nd place
[edit] 1960-1961
- 1961 European Championships - 1st place
- 1961 German Championships - 2nd place
[edit] 1959-1960
- 1960 Winter Olympics - 2nd place
- 1960 World Championships - 3rd place
- 1960 European Championships - 1st place
- 1960 German Championships - 2nd place
[edit] 1958-1959
- 1959 World Championships - 2nd place
- 1959 European Championships - 1st place
- 1959 German Championships - 1st place
[edit] 1957-1958
- 1958 World Championships - 6th place
- 1958 European Championships - 5th place
- 1958 German Championships - 1st place
[edit] Navigation
Marianne Werner
