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Robin SZOLKOWY

Germany

Gender: Male
Nationality: Germany

Birthday: 14 July 1979
Age: 35

Height: 1.74 m (5' 9'')
Weight: -

Place of Birth: Germany, GREIFSWALD
Place of Residence: -

Figure Skating

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Medals

Athlete competitions and results

11 February, 19:00 Pairs Short Program
A. Savchenko / R. Szolkowy
Score: 79.64
Rank: 2

12 February, 19:45 Pairs Free Skating
A. Savchenko / R. Szolkowy
Score: 215.78
Rank: 3

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Olympic Winter Games
3	Pairs	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN
6	Pairs	2006	Torino, ITA
World Championships
1	Pairs	2012	Nice, FRA
1	Pairs	2011	Moscow, RUS
1	Pairs	2009	Los Angeles, CA, USA
1	Pairs	2008	Gothenburg, SWE
2	Pairs	2013	London, ON, CAN
2	Pairs	2010	Torino, ITA
3	Pairs	2007	Tokyo, JPN
European Championships
1	Pairs	2011	Bern, SUI
1	Pairs	2009	Helsinki, FIN
1	Pairs	2008	Zagreb, CRO
1	Pairs	2007	Warsaw, POL
2	Pairs	2013	Zagreb, CRO
2	Pairs	2010	Tallinn, EST
2	Pairs	2006	Lyon, FRA
16	Pairs	2014	Budapest, HUN
WD	Pairs	2012	Sheffield, GBR
Grand Prix Final
1	Pairs	2013/2014	Fukuoka, JPN
1	Pairs	2011/2012	Quebec, QC, CAN
1	Pairs	2010/2011	Beijing, CHN
1	Pairs	2007/2008	Torino, ITA
2	Pairs	2006/2007	St. Petersburg, RUS
3	Pairs	2009/2010	Tokyo, JPN
3	Pairs	2008/2009	Goyang, KOR
3	Pairs	2005/2006	Tokyo, JPN

Best performance per season in Grand Prix events from 2010/2011

Season	Pairs
2013/2014	2 x 1st
2012/2013	1 x 1st
2011/2012	2 x 1st
2010/2011	2 x 1st

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Grand Prix performances in current season
1	Pairs	2013/2014	Rostelecom Cup, RUS
1	Pairs	2013/2014	Cup of China, CHN
ISU World Standings (as of 03 Feb 2014)
2	Pairs

Hobbies: Motorcycles, other sports. (ISU, 23 Sep 2013)
Languages Spoken: English, German
Coach: Ingo Steuer (GER) (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Occupation: Athlete
Club Name: Chemnitzer EC, Germany
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006

Additional Information

Music
Music short program/short dance as of season 2013/2014
When Winter Comes by Chris de Burgh, arranged by Andre Rieu

Music free skating/free dance as of season 2013/2014
The Nutcracker by Petr I. Tchaikovski (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Choreographer
Ingo Steuer, GER; David Wilson, CAN (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Start of sporting career
He began skating in 1983 at age four. (ISU, 23 Sep 2013)

Reason for taking up this sport
"It was by coincidence. We were at an airport that had an ice rink. I dropped in to try it and liked it. I changed to pairs when I was 16 because I couldn't see a future in singles. I had difficulty with the harder triple jumps." (Skate Today, 27 Feb 2005)

Ambitions
To win gold at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (faz.net, 02 Apr 2012)

Training
Along with skating partner Aliona Savchenko, he trains 18 hours a week in the high and low season. During the low season they divide their training time between Chemnitz and Dresden, both in Germany, and in the high season they are based in Chemnitz. (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Hero
US figure skater Brian Boitano. (eislauf-union.de, 30 Apr 2009)

General
PARTNERSHIP
His regular skating partner is Aliona Savchenko. They teamed up in 2003. Previously he had skated with Johanna Otto and Claudia Rauschenbach. (ISU, 23 Sep 2013)

NATIONAL FIRSTS
He and Savchenko's bronze medal in the pairs at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games was the first Olympic medal by a German skater for 12 years. They became the first German skaters to win a world title in 11 years when they won the pairs in 2008. (ISU, 23 Sep 2013)

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