Christian Nüchtern

Christian Nüchtern

Koch/Nüchtern in 2012
Personal information
Country represented Germany
Born (1992-01-28) 28 January 1992
Siegen, Germany
Home town Siegen, Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Partner Shari Koch
Former partner Theresa Schmidt, Annika Vogel, Diane Ludwig
Coach Barbara Fusar-Poli
Stefano Caruso
Former coach Oleg Ryzhkin
Choreographer Corrado Giordano
Former choreographer Rostislav Sinicyn
Skating club EG Siegerland
Training locations Milan
Former training locations Dortmund
Berlin
Began skating 1994
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 136.21
2012 JGP Turkey
Short dance 56.73
2012 JGP Turkey
Free dance 79.48
2012 JGP Turkey
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Winter Universiade
2017 Almaty Ice dancing

Christian Nüchtern (born 28 January 1992) is a German competitive ice dancer. With skating partner Shari Koch, he is the 2014 Bavarian Open silver medalist, 2017 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, and 2017 German national bronze medalist.

Career

Nüchtern started learning to skate in 1994. He and Koch made their international debut at the 2008 NRW Trophy. They placed in the top ten at the 2012 and 2013 World Junior Championships and won the German junior national title three times (2011–13).

Koch/Nüchtern won their first senior international medal, silver, at the 2014 Bavarian Open. After missing the entire 2014–15 season, they returned to international competition in February 2016 at the Bavarian Open. In February 2017, they received the bronze medal at the Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Programs

(with Koch)

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–2017
[1]
  • Blues: Beautiful Girl
  • Swing: Swing My Baby
2013–2014
[2]
2012–2013
[3]
2011–2012
[4]
Original dance
2009–2010
[5]		 Irish folk:
  • The Blood of Cu Chulainn
  • Riverdance
    by Bill Whelan
  • Samba: Mujer Latina
    by Thalia
  • Rhumba: Historia De Un Amor
    by Perez Prado
  • Cha Cha: Banca Banca
    by E-type

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Koch

International[6]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 15–16 16–17
CS Golden Spin 8th
CS Ondrej Nepela 13th
Universiade 3rd
Bavarian Open 2nd 9th
Finlandia Trophy 7th
MNNT Cup 4th
Nebelhorn Trophy 12th
NRW Trophy 6th
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds 9th 8th
JGP Austria 4th 4th
JGP Germany 19th
JGP Italy 4th
JGP Turkey 2nd
Baltic Cup 5th J
Ice Challenge 7th J
NRW Trophy 10th J 6th J 2nd J 1st J
Pavel Roman 7th J 3rd J
Tirnavia Ice Cup 3rd J
National[6]
German Champ. 3rd J 3rd J 1st J 1st J 1st J WD 3rd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ↑ "Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016.

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