Andreas Nischwitz

Andreas Nischwitz

Christina Riegel and Andreas Nischwitz
Personal information
Country represented  West Germany
Born (1957-04-01) 1 April 1957
Leinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Former partner Christina Riegel
Susanne Scheibe

Andreas Nischwitz (born 1 April 1957) is a former West German pair skater. He was born in Leinfelden, Germany. With partner Susanne Scheibe, he won the gold medal at the German Figure Skating Championships in 1977 and 1978, finishing eighth at both the European Figure Skating Championships and World Figure Skating Championships in both years. He then teamed with Christina Riegel and won the German title three straight years, starting in 1979. They finished eighth at the 1980 Winter Olympics, and the following year, the pair won the silver medal at the European Championships and the bronze at the World Championships.

Results

With Scheibe

International
Event 1976–1977 1977–1978
World Championships 8th 8th
European Championships 8th 8th
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st 3rd
International St. Gervais 1st 3rd
National
German Championships 1st 1st

With Riegel

International
Event 1979 1980 1981
Winter Olympic Games 8th
World Championships 8th 5th 3rd
European Championships 8th 6th 2nd
National
German Championships 1st 1st 1st

References

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