Mandy Wötzel
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Born | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 21 July 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Eislaufverein Chemnitz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mandy Wötzel (born 21 July 1973) is a German former
Personal life
Mandy Wötzel was born 21 July 1973 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), Saxony, East Germany. She married an Australian in 2007 and moved the same year to Australia.
Skating career
Early career
Wötzel began skating as a child. She skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, which was renamed to SC Chemnitz after German reunification. Her first partner was Axel Rauschenbach. The pair won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championships. Rauschenbach's skate blade struck Wötzel's head in 1989 while they were performing side-by-side camel spins.[2][3][4] She was in hospital for three months and missed half a year of school.[2][3] Wötzel and Rauschenbach competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where they finished 8th. Following the season, Rauschenbach ended their partnership to work at a bank.[3]
Partnership with Steuer
Ingo Steuer, who had been without a partner during 1991–1992 season, trained at the same rink as Wötzel, and under the same coach, Monika Scheibe.[3] Scheibe initially hesitated to put Wötzel and Steuer together due to doubts about whether their personalities would work well together but she was persuaded after seeing their tryout.[3] After less than a year together, Wötzel/Steuer won the silver medal at the 1993 European Championships and the 1993 World Championships. Both were accepted into the sports division of the German army, supporting athletes.[3]
Wötzel and Steuer had a few accidents during their career. She knocked him out with her elbow while practicing the
Wötzel/Steuer won the
In a 2006 interview, Wötzel said that their partnership was "hell" and she felt anxiety at the sight of Steuer.[6]
Later career
In autumn 2006, Wötzel participated in the TV show
Wötzel works as a skating coach in Australia. She started teaching at the Olympic Ice Rink in Oakleigh, Melbourne in 2008.
Programs
With Steuer
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1997–1998 |
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1996–1997 |
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1995–1996 |
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1994–1995 |
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1993–1994 |
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1992–1993 |
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Professional career |
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With Rauschenbach
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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1991–1992 |
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Results
With Ingo Steuer
GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
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Event | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 |
Winter Olympics | WD | 3rd | ||||
World Champ. | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | |
European Champ. | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
GP Final | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | |||
GP Cup of Russia |
1st | |||||
GP Nations Cup | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |||
GP NHK Trophy | 2nd | |||||
GP Skate Canada | 1st | |||||
GP Trophée Lalique |
2nd | |||||
Nations Cup | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||
NHK Trophy | 3rd | |||||
Piruetten | 1st | |||||
Skate Canada | 1st | |||||
Trophée de France |
3rd | |||||
National | ||||||
German Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
WD = Withdrew |
With Axel Rauschenbach
International | |||||
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Event | 87–88 (GDR) |
88–89 (GDR) |
89–90 (GDR) |
90–91 (GER) |
91–92 (GER) |
Winter Olympics | 8th | ||||
World Championships | 8th | 7th | |||
European Championships | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | |
Skate America | 3rd | ||||
Trophée de France |
2nd | 1st | |||
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German Championships | 1st | 2nd | |||
East German Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ "Mandy Wötzel". Sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Longman, Jere (4 February 1998). "OLYMPICS: NAGANO 1998; Taking Life and Its Scars and Pains". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hersh, Philip (4 February 1998). "German Pair Find Skating Is Easiest Part". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ a b Klimke, Barbara (4 January 1997). "Aber die Gefahr tanzt immer mit" [Danger always present]. Berliner Zeitung (in German).
- Daily News (New York).
- ^ "Angstgefühle beim Anblick Steuers" [Anxiety at the sight of Steuer] (in German). focus.de. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2010.