Axel Rauschenbach
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_-_Rauschenbach.jpg) Rauschenbach in 1990 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1967 Dresden, East Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Germany East Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Eislaufverein Chemnitz | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Axel Rauschenbach (born 14 July 1967) is a German pair skater who competed for Germany and, before its reunification, East Germany. With Mandy Wötzel, he is the 1989 European silver medalist, the 1989 & 1990 East German national champion, and 1991 German national champion.
Personal life
[edit]Rauschenbach was born 14 July 1967 in Dresden, East Germany. He married Anett Pötzsch and is the stepfather of Claudia Rauschenbach.
Career
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Rauschenbach began competing with Mandy Wötzel by 1987. They trained in Chemnitz and represented East Germany early in their career.
Wötzel/Rauschenbach won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championships but missed the 1989 World Championships. That year, Rauschenbach's skate blade struck Wötzel's head while they were performing side-by-side camel spins.[1] After she recovered, they continued competing. They represented Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where they placed 8th.[2] In 1992, he ended their partnership to work at a bank.[3]
A year later, Rauschenbach teamed up with Anuschka Gläser. They won the 1994 German national title and represented Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where they placed 13th.
Results
[edit]With Anuschka Gläser
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| Event | 1993–94 |
| Winter Olympics | 13th |
| World Championships | 14th |
| European Championships | 10th |
| Skate America | 7th |
| Nations Cup | 5th |
| National | |
| German Championships | 1st |
With Mandy Wötzel
[edit]| International | |||||
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| Event | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 |
| Winter Olympics | 8th | ||||
| World Championships | 8th | 7th | |||
| European Championships | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | |
| Skate America | 3rd | ||||
| Trophée de France | 2nd | 1st | |||
| National | |||||
| German Championships | 1st | 2nd | |||
| East German Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Longman, Jere (4 February 1998). "OLYMPICS: NAGANO 1998; Taking Life and Its Scars and Pains". The New York Times.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Axel Rauschenbach". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (4 February 1998). "German Pair Find Skating Is Easiest Part". Chicago Tribune.
- "Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 2 - 1974 - current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009.
- "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2007.
External links
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- German male pair skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters for Germany
- Sportspeople from Dresden
- Living people
- 1967 births
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Dresden
- East German male figure skaters
- German figure skating biography stubs