Heinz-Ulrich Walther

Heinz-Ulrich Walther
Wokoeck and Walther in 1962
Full name	Heinz-Ulrich Walther
Born	(1943-03-11) March 11, 1943 Stendal
Height	175 cm (5.74 ft)
Figure skating career
Country	East Germany  Germany
Skating club	Sportclub Dynamo Berlin
Medal record Representing East Germany Pairs' Figure skating World Championships 1970 Ljubljana Pairs European Championships 1970 Leningrad Pairs 1968 Västerås Pairs 1967 Ljubljana Pairs

Heinz-Ulrich Walther (born March 11, 1943 in Stendal, Germany) is a German pair skater and figure skating judge who represented East Germany and the Unified Team of Germany in competition.

Biography

Heinz-Ulrich Walther first competed with Brigitte Wokoeck and represented the club SC Dynamo Berlin. They were the 1962 and 1964 East German champions. They represented the Unified German Team at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where they placed 11th.

After that partnership ended, he teamed up with Heidemarie Steiner in 1964. They were married in 1969. They represented the club SC Dynamo Berlin and were coached by Heinz-Friedrich Lindner. They are the 1970 World bronze medalists. They represented East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where they placed 4th.

Heinz-Ulrich Walther studied medicine and worked at the Charité in Berlin. Until he became a pensionair he worked there as an academic employee at the orthopaedics department at the Center for Complementary Medicine Research – CCM.

He is still international figure skating judge and international ISU technical controller for pair skating.

Competitive highlights

(with Heidemarie Steiner)

Event	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Winter Olympic Games			4th
World Championships	9th	5th	5th	5th	3rd
European Championships	8th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd
East German Championships	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1.st

(with Brigitte Wokoeck)

Event	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Winter Olympic Games					10th
European Championships			6th	8th
East German Championships	3rd		1st	3rd	1st

References

• Sports-reference profile
• personal interview
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