Grethe Grünberg
| Grethe Grünberg | |
|---|---|
 Grünberg and Rand in 2006. | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Estonia |
| Born |
17 December 1988 Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Former partner | Kristjan Rand |
| Former coach | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Lea Rand |
| Former choreographer | Marina Zoueva, Igor Shpilband, Lea Rand |
| Skating club | FSC Jääkild Tallinn |
| Began skating | 1992 |
| 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 17 December 1988) is an Estonian retired ice dancer. With partner Kristjan Rand, she is the 2007 World Junior silver medalist and the 2005–2007 Estonian national champion.
Career
Grünberg and Rand began skating together at an early age.[1][2]
Grünberg / Rand debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2002, placing 12th in Germany. In 2004, they made their first appearance at the World Junior Championships, finishing 18th.
At the 2005 Tallinn Cup, Grünberg / Rand became the first Estonian ice dancers to win a JGP medal, bronze. They were 9th at the 2006 World Junior Championships.
In the 2006–07 season, Grünberg / Rand won gold and silver at their two JGP events and qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final where they placed 5th. They won the silver medal at the 2007 World Junior Championships, behind Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev and ahead of Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje.[3][4][5] It was Estonia's first medal at an ISU Championships. Grünberg / Rand made their senior international debut in the same season, finishing 15th at the 2007 European Championships and 19th at the 2007 World Championships.
The duo missed the 2007–2008 skating season due to injury. Grünberg eventually retired due to injury.
Programs
(with Rand)
| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2006–2007[6] | Quejas de Bandoneon | Selection of operettas by Emmerich Kálmán |
Results
(with Rand)
| Results[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | |||||||
| Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 |
| Worlds | 19th | ||||||
| Europeans | 15th | ||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 18th | 15th | 9th | 2nd | |||
| JGP Final | 5th | ||||||
| JGP Bulgaria | 6th | 4th | |||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 6th | ||||||
| JGP Estonia | 3rd | ||||||
| JGP France | 9th | ||||||
| JGP Germany | 12th | ||||||
| JGP Netherlands | 2nd | ||||||
| JGP Norway | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Serbia | 6th | ||||||
| Pavel Roman | 5th J. | 2nd J. | |||||
| EYOF | 12th J. | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| Estonian | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Kristjan Rand". ice-dance.com. November 2005. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007.
- ↑ Mittan, Barry (August 31, 2006). "Estonian Dancers Favored for 2007 Junior Worlds". SkateToday. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012.
- ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (February 28, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev take lead in Oberstdorf". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (March 2, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev maintain lead at Junior Worlds". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (March 3, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev win Junior World title". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Grethe GRÜNBERG / Kristjan RAND: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Grethe GRÜNBERG / Kristian RAND". International Skating Union.
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