Annerose Baier, married surname: Wetzel,[1] (9 September 1946 — 9 March 2022) was a German ice dancer who represented East Germany. With her skating partner, Eberhard Rüger, she became a three-time Blue Swords champion (1963, 1965, 1966), the 1968 Prize of Moscow News champion, and an eight-time East German national champion (1962, 1964–1970). They finished in the top ten at eight ISU Championships. Their best continental result, fourth, came at the 1970 European Championships in Leningrad, Soviet Union. They finished as high as sixth at the World Championships, in 1969 (Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States) and 1970 (Ljubljana, Yugoslavia).[2]
| Annerose Baier | |
|---|---|
 Baier with Rüger in 1964 | |
| Other names | Wetzel |
| Born | 9 September 1946 |
| Died | 9 March 2022 (aged 75) Bad Elster, Germany |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | East Germany |
| Partner | Eberhard Rüger |
| Skating club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| Retired | 1970 |
Baier/Rüger started their career at SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt. In 1963, they began representing SC Karl-Marx-Stadt.[3]
After retiring from competition, Baier coached skating in Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz.[1]
Competitive highlights
editWith Rüger
| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 | 69–70 |
| Worlds | 14th | 13th | 12th | 10th | 6th | 6th | |||
| Europeans | 11th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 4th | |||
| Blue Swords | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| Prague Skate | 4th | 5th | 3rd | ||||||
| Moscow News | 2nd | 4th | 1st | ||||||
| National[4] | |||||||||
| East Germany | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
edit- ^ a b "Zoo Leipzig: Eisbahneröffnung" [Leipzig Zoo: Ice rink opening] (in German). Leipziger Volkszeitung. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Eiskunstlauf - Stars aus Chemnitz / Karl-Marx-Stadt" [Figure skating stars from Chemnitz / Karl-Marx-Stadt] (in German). Schlossberg Museum. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E0110-0005-003, Eiskunstläufer, DDR". Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst, German Federal Archives. 10 January 1966.
- ^ "Historie Eiskunstlaufen - DDR - Meisterschaften (Eistanzen)" [History: East German Figure Skating Championships (Ice dancing)]. sport-komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 26 January 2016.
