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Alexander König
German politician

Alexander König

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Alexander König (born 23 August 1966 in Eilenburg, Bezirk Leipzig, GDR) is a German former pair skater and current skating coach.

Competitive career

In 1969 his family moved from Eilenburg to Berlin, where he started skating. In time König would come to represent SC Dynamo Berlin. There one of his first coaches was Inge Wischnewski.

König started his career as a single skater, but in 1985 he changed to pair skating and teamed up with Peggy Schwarz. Their coach was Hedemarie Steiner-Walther.

As a single skater König came 3rd at the junior world championships 1982. His greatest success, however, was in pair skating where he and Schwartz won the bronze medal in the 1988 European Cup.

In 1990 Peggy Schwarz and Alexander König changed their coach to Knut Schubert. The couple split in 1994 as Schwarz was pregnant. At this time Alexander König also finished his figure skating career.

Coaching career

From 1994 to 1997 he studied sport at the Trainerakademie in Cologne. He is an A-licensed coach of the DEU (German figure skating union). Already during his education he worked as a coach in Stuttgart, and following his graduation he took a job as a coach in Chemnitz. From 2001 to 2008 Alexander König worked as a figure skating coach in Berlin. He is also figure skating judge and technical specialist. He moved to Oberstdorf in the summer of 2008 to coach there.

In October 2014 König began to work as coach of Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot.

Personal life

Since 1983 he has also a successful painter and has had several exhibitions for his paintings. From 1985 to 1988 Alexander König attended school to become a specialist in gastronomy.

Results

Singles career

Event1980–811981–821982–831983–84
European ChampionshipsWD
East German Championships3rd3rd2nd
Blue Swords1th

Pairs career with Schwarz

International
Event1986–871987–881988–891989–901990–911991–921992–931993–94
Olympics7th7th7th
Worlds4th10th7th6th12th9th
Europeans3rd4th5th5th7th
Nations Cup2nd
NHK Trophy7th
Skate America3rd3rd
Skate Canada2nd4th
National
German2nd1stWD2nd
East German3rd1st

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