Kati WINKLER

 

Germany

Ice Dancing

Date of birth / Születési idõ

 16 January 1974

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Karl Marx Stadt (GDR)

Height / Magasság

 170 cm

Weight / Súly

 56 kg

Home town  /Lakóhely

 Oberstdorf

Profession / Foglalkozás

 Soldier

Language / Nyelvek

 German, English

Hobbies / Hobbi

 music, dancing, reading, shoes

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1978

Club

 SC Berlin

 Rene LOHSE

 

Date of birth / Születési idõ

 23 September 1973

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Berlin (GDR)

Height / Magasság

 183 cm

Weight / Súly

 75 kg

Home town  /Lakóhely

 Oberstdorf

Profession / Foglalkozás

 Soldier

Language / Nyelvek

 German, English

Hobbies / Hobbi

 tennis, computers, movies, girlfriend

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1977

Club

SC Berlin

 

Coach / Edzõ

 Martin Skotnicky

Choreographer / Koreográfus

 Kelly Johnson, Marc Bogaerts, Werner Lipowsky

Former coach / Régebbi edzõ

 Knut Schubert

Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week)

 34 at Oberstdorf

Practice high season / Gyakorlás fõszezonban  (h/week)

 23 at Oberstdorf

 

Music Original Dance as of 2000/2001 season

Charleston: The Hot Honey Rag by Gordon Loury Harrell
Quickstep: Music from the Musical Cabaret by John Kander 

Music Free Dance as of 2000/2001 season

Go Down Moses - Louis Armstrong
Higher and Higher from the Harlem Gospel Singers
How Great Thou Art by Joan Orleans
Swing Low Sweet Chariot by Joan Orleans 

Music Original Dance as of 2002/2003 season

Polka: Highlights from Frau Luna by Paul Linke - Friedrichstdpl.Orch.
Waltz: Schloesser die im Monde liegen by P.Linke - Berlin Symph.O.
March: Das ist die Berliner Luft  by P.Linke  - Berlin Symph.Orch.

Music Free Dance as of 2002/2003 season

Crazy Benny  by M Friis, U. Savery, M. Parsberg  -  Safri Duo
Private Investigations  by Mark Knopfler  - Dire Straits
Played A Live  by M Friis, U. Savery, M. Parsberg  -  Safri Duo

Results / Eredmények

 

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Olympic Games / Olimpia

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

8

 

 

World Champ./ Világbajnokság

 

 

19

13

12

9

7

6

7

7

 

3

European Champ./ Európabajnokság

16

 

15

9

 

9

6

5

6

 

5

 

National Champ./ Nemzeti Bajnokság

 

3

2

1

 

1

1

1

 

 

1

 

International Competition:

 1996

 Skate America

6

 1996

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

5

 1996

 Nations Cup

7

 1997

 Nations Cup

5

 1998

 Nations Cup

3

 1998

 Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Gelsenkirchen

3

 1998

 NHK-Trophy, Sapporo

4

 1999

 Nations Cup 

2

 1999

 Skate America, Colorado Springs

4

 1999

 Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Gelsenkirchen

2

 2000

 Nations Cup 

4

 2000

 NHK Trophy, Asahikawa

3

 2000

 Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Gelsenkirchen

4

 2000

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

3

 2001

 ISU Grand Prix Final, Tokyo

5

 2002

 Bofrost Cup on Ice, Gelsenkirchen

3

 2002

 Cup of Russia Gallina Blanca, Moscow

4

 2002

 NHK Trophy, Kyoto

2

 2003

 NHK-Trophy, Asahikawa

4

 2003

 Cup of Russia Gallina Blanca

4

Grand Prix Standings
1998-1999: 8th - 12 points
1999-2000: 7th - 14 points
2000-2001: 6th - 14 points

Ice dance was not popular in the German Democratic Republic and Winkler and Lohse were the first East German ice dancers after many years. There wasn't even an ice dance coach for them, they worked with pair skating coach Knut Schubert. However, the couple's career just began, when the history of the GDR ended. Both skaters joined the German army, which sponsors sportsmen. They plan to take up studies after their skating career. They used to live in Berlin but moved to Oberstdorf to work with coach Martin Skotnicky. In their Free Dance "Message of Hope", Winkler/Lohse tell the story of enslaved field workers who find freedom at the end. Lohse injured ligaments in his knee in a fall in November 2001 and the team had to miss the 2002 Nationals and Europaen Championships. Lohse injured his shoulder in a bicycle accident in summer 2002.
International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 24.01.2003 

Pictures / Képek