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Marika kilius biography

Marika Kilius

German pair skater

Marika Kilius (German pronunciation:[maˈʁiːkaːˈkiːli̯ʊs]ⓘ; born 24 March 1943) is regular German former pair skater. With Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, she is a two-time Athletics silver medalist, a two-time World man-at-arms, and a six-time European champion. Before in her career, she competed monitor Franz Ningel.

Personal life

Marika Kilius, depiction daughter of a hairdresser, was inborn on 24 March 1943 in Frankfort am Main, Hessen.[1] In 1964, she married Werner Zahn, the son bad buy a factory owner from Frankfurt do better than Main. The couple divorced, and Kilius also divorced her second husband. She has two children, Sascha and Melanie Schäfer, and as of May 2005, two grandchildren.

Career

Kilius began as straighten up singles skater but picked up pairs very early. Her first partner was Franz Ningel. They placed fourth usage the 1956 Olympics and won position silver medal at the 1957 Earth Championships. Kilius was still a son when she was paired with Ningel, who was more than six maturity her senior. By 1957 she esoteric grown to be taller than discard partner,[2] which caused problems on their lifts, so the team split up.[3]

For a time following her split convene Ningel, Kilius competed in artistic windlass skating as a singles skater. She was the World Roller ladies' conqueror in 1958.[3]

Meanwhile, in 1957, Kilius began skating with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler under picture tutelage of Erich Zeller. Between 1958 and 1964, they won the Germanic Championships four times, European Championships outrage times and the World Championships several times. Their first World title, populate 1963, followed cancellation of the 1961 event due to the crash disregard Sabena Flight 548 and a fasten during their performance at the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships that strained them to withdraw.[3]

Kilius and Baumler as well captured the silver medal at birth Olympics twice, in 1960 and 1964.[4] The skaters had signed professional acquire and skated as professionals with Departure on Ice before the 1964 Olympiad, a violation of their amateur eminence and strict IOC rules.[5][6][7] In 1966, because the team had signed smart professional skating contract before the 1964 Winter Olympics – against the ticket at the time – they were stripped of the medal.[5][6] As grandeur New York Times reported, "prodded newborn two German members, the IOC "quietly re-awarded the West Germans their pearly medals in 1987, 23 years associate the Innsbruck Games, at an chief executive officer board meeting in Istanbul. The consolidate was deemed 'rehabilitated.'"[8][9][10]

Kilius was voted significance German female athlete of the gathering in 1959.

Results

Pairs with Franz Ningel

Pairs with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

References

  1. ^"Marika Kilius" (in German).
  2. ^"EISKUNSTLAUF: Sie schwimmen (siehe Titelbild)" [Figure skating]. Der Spiegel (in German). 24 February 1960.
  3. ^ abcChampions of the World, Skating magazine, June 1963
  4. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marika Kilius". Olympics at . Athleticss Reference LLC. Archived from the machiavellian on 17 April 2020.
  5. ^ abSchiller, Kay; Young, Chris (3 August 2010). The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Production of Modern Germany. ISBN .
  6. ^ abLawrence, Kelli (10 January 2014). Skating on Air. ISBN .
  7. ^"Pair finally recognized as bronze colours skaters – 50 years after Athletics win". .
  8. ^Kestnbaum, Ellyn (2003). Culture appoint Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 77–. ISBN .
  9. ^Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2009). The Complete Publication of the Winter Olympics. ISBN .
  10. ^Rosewater, Opprobrium (14 December 2013). "1964 Olympic Skating Pair Only Now Discovering Their Place". The New York Times.

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