Knut Schubert

Knut Schubert

Birgit Lorenz and Knut Schubert, 1982
Personal information
Country represented  East Germany
Born 9 September 1958 (1958-09-09) (age 53)
Bautzen, East Germany
Former partner Birgit Lorenz

Knut Schubert (born 9 September 1958 in Bautzen, Germany) is a former East German pair skater. With his sister, Katja Schubert, he won the bronze medal at the 1974 East German Figure Skating Championships. They went on to finish ninth at that year's European Figure Skating Championships and eleventh at the World Figure Skating Championships.

Schubert later teamed up with Birgit Lorenz. They won the gold medal at the East German Championships in 1981 and 1985, and captured the silver medal in four additional years. The couple won the bronze at the European Championships in 1983 and 1984 and finished fifth at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. They also finished a career-best sixth place at the 1984 World Championships.

Results

(with Lorenz)

Event 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86
Winter Olympic Games 5th
World Championships 9th 7th 8th 6th
European Championships 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 4th
East German Championships 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd
NHK Trophy 2nd 2nd
Prize of Moscow News 4th

References

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