Heinz-Ulrich Walther
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![]() Heinz-Ulrich Walther in 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1943-03-11) 11 March 1943 (age 81) Stendal, Province of Saxony, Prussia, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | East Germany United Team of Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Heinz-Ulrich Walther (born 11 March 1943) is a German former pair skater who represented East Germany and the United Team of Germany in competition. With Heidemarie Steiner, he is the 1970 World bronze medalist and a three-time European bronze medalist (1967–68, 1970). Walther competed at two Winter Olympics, placing 11th in 1964 with Brigitte Wokoeck and fourth with Steiner in 1968.
Skating career
Heinz-Ulrich Walther teamed up Brigitte Wokoeck by around 1959 and represented the club SC Dynamo Berlin. The pair won the 1963 Blue Swords and two East German national titles, in 1962 and 1964. Representing the United Team of Germany, they placed 11th at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. It was their final competition together.
Walther formed a partnership with Heidemarie Steiner by around 1965. Coached by Heinz-Friedrich Lindner, they represented SC Dynamo Berlin. The pair won the bronze medal at the 1967 European Championships in Ljubljana and repeated the following year at the 1968 European Championships in Västerås. They were selected to represent East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and placed fourth. After obtaining their third European bronze medal at the 1970 European Championships in Leningrad, the pair concluded their competitive career with a World bronze medal, at the 1970 World Championships in Ljubljana.
Walther has worked as an international figure skating judge and ISU technical controller for pair skating.
Personal life
Walther married Heidemarie Steiner in 1969. He studied medicine and worked at the Charité in Berlin. He was an academic employee in the orthopaedics department at the Center for Complementary Medicine Research – CCM.
Competitive highlights
With Steiner
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International | |||||
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Event | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 | 69–70 |
Winter Olympics | 4th | ||||
World Champ. | 9th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd |
European Champ. | 8th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd |
Prague Skate | 3rd | ||||
National | |||||
East Germany | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
With Wokoeck
International | |||||
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Event | 59–60 | 60–61 | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 |
Winter Olympics | 11th | ||||
European Champ. | 6th | 8th | |||
Blue Swords | 1st | ||||
National | |||||
East German Champ. | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st |
References
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heinz-Ulrich Walther". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.
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- 1950–52: Vera Lampe & Horst Kuhrüber
- 1954–55: Vera Kuhrüber & Horst Kuhrüber
- 1960–61: Margit Senf & Peter Göbel
- 1962: Brigitte Wokoeck & Heinz-Ulrich Walther
- 1963: Margit Senf & Peter Göbel
- 1964: Brigitte Wokoeck & Heinz-Ulrich Walther
- 1965: Irene Müller & Hans-Georg Dallmer
- 1966–67: Heidemarie Steiner & Heinz-Ulrich Walther
- 1968: Irene Müller & Hans-Georg Dallmer
- 1969–70: Heidemarie Steiner & Heinz-Ulrich Walther
- 1971–72: Manuela Groß & Uwe Kagelmann
- 1973: Romy Kermer & Rolf Oesterreich
- 1974: Manuela Groß & Uwe Kagelmann
- 1975–76: Romy Kermer & Rolf Oesterreich
- 1977–78: Manuela Mager & Uwe Bewersdorf
- 1979–80: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach
- 1981: Birgit Lorenz & Knut Schubert
- 1982–84: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach
- 1985: Birgit Lorenz & Knut Schubert
- 1986–87: Katrin Kanitz & Tobias Schröter
- 1988: Peggy Schwarz & Alexander König
- 1989–90: Mandy Wötzel & Axel Rauschenbach