Norman Jeschke

Norman Jeschke
Personal information
Country represented  Germany
Born March 2, 1979 (1979-03-02) (age 32)
Berlin, Germany

Norman Jeschke (born March 2, 1979 in Berlin, Germany) is a German pair skater.

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Biography

He began skating as a single skater, but later switched to pair skating.

With partner Christine Tiltmann, he is the 1997 German junior national champion.

After that partnership, he teamed up with Mariana Kautz. They placed 14th at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Their partnership ended following the 2002 World Figure Skating Championships.

In May 2002, he teamed up with Danish figure skater Mikkeline Kierkgaard. They won the bronze medal at the 2004 German Figure Skating Championships. They were unable to compete internationally that season due to International Skating Union rules regarding country changes. They missed the 2004-2005 season because of injuries.

After several injuries to Mikkeline Kierkgaard, they ended their partnership.

Norman Jeschke worked for the Bundeswehr until November 2005.

In February 2006, he began training with Annette Dytrt to create a pairs partnership, but that partnership never worked out.

In 2006, he was part of the Pro7-Skating-Show "Stars auf Eis" (Stars on Ice), a German version of Dancing on Ice. His partner was Magdalena Brzeska. After this show, he finished his amateur figure skating career.

He made a few appearances in the German Soap Opera Alles was zählt as himself and paired with Tanja Szewczenko's character Diana.[1] Szewczenko and Jeschke's daughter, Jona Valentina, was born on Friday 25 February 2011.[2][3]

Competitive highlights

(with Mikkeline Kierkgaard)

Event 2003-2004
German Championships 3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 6th

(with Mariana Kautz)

Event 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
Winter Olympic Games 14th
World Championships 16th 11th 16th 14th
European Championships 13th 9th 9th 8th
German Championships 3rd 2nd 2nd
Cup of Russia 10th
Sparkassen Cup 6th 10th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 7th

External links

References

  1. ^ https://backstage.rtlgroup.com/public/htm/en/dailynews_50B01D95379A46DFA5C232A4B8461F28.aspx RTL
  2. ^ "Tanja Szewczenko ist Mama geworden [Tanja Szewczenko is a mother]" (in German). unterhaltung.t-online.de. February 26, 2011. http://unterhaltung.t-online.de/tanja-szewczenko-ist-mama-geworden/id_44634148/index. Retrieved February 26, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Tanja Szewczenko: Sie zeigt uns ihr Baby! [Tanja Szewczenko shows us her baby]" (in German). Bunte. April 14, 2011. http://www.bunte.de/society/tanja-szewczenko-sie-zeigt-uns-ihr-baby_aid_24264.html. Retrieved April 17, 2011.