- Uwe Bewersdorf
Uwe Bewerdorf (born
November 4 1958 inFreital ,Saxony ,East Germany ) is a German figure skater.Uwe Bewersdorf was a team with
Manuela Mager . He started to skate with the age of 7 at the club Betriebs-Sportbund-Gemeinschaft Post Dresden. Later the club name was changed into SC EinheitDresden . He was representing East Germany (GDR ). His coach wasUta Hohenhaus .The pair Mager/Bewersdorf was the first in the world to execute in competition a clean thrown loop. Because Manuela Mager finished her figure skating career in 1980 he had to change his skating partner. He teamed up with Marina Schulz. However the pair could not qualify for international competitions due to many injuries.
Uwe Bewersdorf studied sport at the DHfK in
Leipzig .He works as a tax accountant in
Baden-Württemberg .Uwe Bewersdorfs name is sometimes spelled with double “F“ in the end. This happened due to a mistake of German Bureaucracy. His parents are spelled with a single “F”.
Results
Olympic Winter Games
* 1980 – 3rd place
World championships
* 1977 – 5th place
* 1978 – 2nd place
* 1979 – not participated
* 1980 – 2nd placeEuropean championships
* 1977 – 4th place
* 1978 – 3rd place
* 1979 – not participated
* 1980 – 5th placeGDR-championships (East German nationals)
* 1977 – 1st place
* 1978 – 1st place
* 1979 – not participated
* 1980 – 2nd placeExternal links
*http://www.dresdner-eislauf-club.de/his_par.htm
Persondata
NAME=Bewersdorf, Uwe
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH=November 4 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH=Freital ,Saxony ,East Germany
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