Richard Zander
| Richard Zander | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1964 Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | West Germany |
| Retired | 1990 |
Richard Zander (born March 3, 1964)[1] is a German former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time German national champion.
Zander was born in Portland, Oregon, United States to German parents.[2] In 1980, he moved to Germany to focus on figure skating training. He became German champion in 1987 and 1989. His coach was Karin Doherty. He represented the club EC Oberstdorf and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Results
| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 |
| Olympics | 11th | ||||||||
| Worlds | 11th | 11th | 9th | 7th | |||||
| Europeans | 8th | 9th | 6th | 5th | WD | 5th | |||
| Nebelhorn | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||
| Prague Skate | 2nd | ||||||||
| St. Gervais | 2nd | ||||||||
| National | |||||||||
| German Champ. | 7th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
| WD = Withdrew | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Richard Zander". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Harvey, Randy (March 6, 1990). "German Saves His Best Figures for Last; Skating: Zander, who grew up in Huntington Beach, has the best performance in compulsories". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- German newspapers 1988
- result lists ISU and DEU
