Grethe Grünberg

Grethe Grünberg

Grünberg & Rand in 2006.
Personal information
Country represented  Estonia
Born December 17, 1988 (1988-12-17) (age 23)
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Former partner Kristian Rand
Former coach Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Lea Rand
Former choreographer Marina Zoueva, Igor Shpilband, Lea Rand
Skating club FSC Jääkild Tallinn
Retired 2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 154.89
2007 World Juniors
Comp. dance 32.42
2007 World Juniors
Original dance 50.45
2007 World Juniors
Free dance 72.70
2007 Worlds

Grethe Grünberg (born December 17, 1988 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian retired ice dancer. She competed with partner Kristian Rand.[1] They are the 2007 World Junior silver medalists and the 2005-2007 Estonian national champions.

Grünberg & Rand were the first Estonian figure skaters to win a medal at an ISU Championships (2007 Junior Worlds)[2][3][4] and the first Estonian ice dancers to win a medal on the Junior Grand Prix circuit (2005 Tallinn Cup).

They missed the 2007-2008 skating season due to injury. Grünberg retired in 2008 due to injury.

Competitive highlights

(with Rand)

Event 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
World Championships 19th
European Championships 15th
World Junior Championships 18th 15th 9th 2nd
Estonian Championships 5th 5th 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Junior Grand Prix Final 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Norway 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 6th 4th
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia 3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Belgrade 6th
Junior Grand Prix, France 9th
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic 6th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 12th
Pavel Roman Memorial 5th J. 2nd J.
European Youth Olympic Days 12th J.

References

  1. ^ Mittan, Barry (August 31, 2006). "Estonian Dancers Favored for 2007 Junior Worlds". SkateToday. http://www.skatetoday.com/2006/08/31/estonian-dancers-favored-for-2007-junior-worlds/. Retrieved August 8, 2011. 
  2. ^ Kaye, Rosaleen (February 28, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev take lead in Oberstdorf". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/2007/02/bobrova-and-soloviev-take-lead-in-oberstdorf/. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
  3. ^ Kaye, Rosaleen (March 2, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev maintain lead at Junior Worlds". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/2007/03/bobrova-and-soloviev-maintain-lead-at-junior-worlds/. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
  4. ^ Kaye, Rosaleen (March 3, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev win Junior World title". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/2007/03/bobrova-and-soloviev-win-junior-world-title/. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 

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