Claudia Leistner

Claudia Pfrengle (née Leistner, born 15 April 1965) is a German former figure skater. She is a two-time World silver medalist and the 1989 European champion.

Claudia Leistner
Leistner in 2010
Personal information
Country represented West Germany
Born (1965-04-15) 15 April 1965
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Former coachGünter Zöller
Ondrej Nepela
Martin Skotnicky
Retired1989

Career

Leistner was a roller skater before taking up ice skating. In the 1981–82 season, she landed on the German senior national podium for the first time, taking the silver medal behind Manuela Ruben. Making her senior ISU Championship debut, she placed fifth at the 1982 European Championships in Lyon and fourth at the 1982 World Championships in Copenhagen.

With her outstanding jumping ability, she went on to become European champion in 1989 and a two-time silver medalist at the World Championships (1983 and 1989). She trained in Mannheim, initially being coached by Günter Zöller and later by Ondrej Nepela and Martin Skotnicky.

She represented West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany and the Mannheimer ERC club.

Personal life

Claudia Leister was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany. She is married to Stefan Pfrengle, a German national pair skating champion. They have a daughter named Julia Pfrengle, who also competed in figure skating, and a son named Yannik.

Results
International
Event 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89
Olympics9th6th
Worlds4th2nd6th6th6th4th2nd
Europeans5th3rd3rd5th4th4th1st
Skate America2nd1st
Skate Canada2nd
Trophée de France1st
NHK Trophy4th4th
National
German Champ.2nd2nd1st1st1st1st1st

References
  • Deutsche Eislauf Union (DEU)
  • Eissportmagazin (several issues)
  • Pirouette (several Issues)
  • Results: ISU
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