- Maxi Herber
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Olympic medal record Figure skating Gold 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs Maxi Herber Personal information Country represented Germany
Born October 8, 1920 Died October 20, 2006 (aged 86) Former partner Ernst Baier Medal recordCompetitor for Pairs Figure skating Olympic Games Gold 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs World Championships Gold 1939 Budapest Pairs Gold 1938 Berlin Pairs Gold 1937 Vienna Pairs Gold 1936 Paris Pairs Bronze 1934 Helsinki Pairs European Championships Gold 1939 London Pairs Gold 1938 St. Moritz Pairs Gold 1937 Prague Pairs Gold 1936 Berlin Pairs Gold 1935 St. Moritz Pairs Maxi Herber (October 8, 1920 - October 20, 2006) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. She became Olympic pair champion with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics. The duo revolutionized pair skating, becoming the first team to perform jumps side by side.[citation needed]
Born in Munich, Herber was also an accomplished single skater, winning the German nationals three times, from 1933 to 1935. She skated for the Münchner EV (Munich EV) club.
Herber and Baier married after their skating career ended in 1940. They had 3 children. After World War II they skated in ice shows. Later the couple owned a business. In 1964 they were divorced. As a result of the divorce, she had to depend on social services to survive.[citation needed] Supported by the “Deutsche Sporthilfe” (German Sport help organisation) she moved to Oberau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria. Some years later Herber and Baier remarried, but were divorced again.
Herber suffered from Parkinson's disease. In 2000 she moved to the Lenzheim retirement home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Soon afterwards she had an exhibition of her watercolor paintings there. She died at age 86 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen; Herber had been Germany's oldest living female Olympic champion.[citation needed]
Results
(ladies singles)
Event 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 World Championships 7th European Championships 4th 7th 4th German Championships 1st 1st 1st 2nd (pairs with Ernst Baier)
Event 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 Winter Olympic Games 1st World Championships 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st European Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st German Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Olympic champions in figure skating - Pairs 1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger • 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson • 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger • 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet • 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet • 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet • 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk • 1956: Sissy Schwarz & Kurt Oppelt • 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul • 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov • 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev • 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev • 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev • 2002: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier • 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin • 2010: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo
European champions in figure skating – Pairs 1930–31: Olga Orgonista & Sandor Szalay • 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet • 1933: Idi Papez & Karl Zwack • 1934: Emília Rotter & László Szollás • 1935–39: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1947: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet • 1948–49: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király • 1950: Marianna Nagy & László Nagy • 1951–52: Ria Baran & Paul Falk • 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks • 1954: Silvia Grandjean & Michel Grandjean • 1955: Marianna Nagy & László Nagy • 1956: Sissy Schwarz & Kurt Oppelt • 1957–58: Věra Suchánková & Zdeněk Doležal • 1959–64: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler • 1965–68: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1969–72: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov • 1973–78: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1979: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai • 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1981: Irina Vorobieva & Igor Lisovsky • 1982–83: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach • 1984–86: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev • 1987: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1989: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1991–92: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev • 1993: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov • 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1995: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer • 1996: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev • 1997: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov • 1998: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze • 1999–2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov • 2001: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze • 2002–06: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin • 2007–09: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy • 2010: Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov • 2011: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
German champions in figure skating – Ladies' Singles 1911: Elsa Rendschmidt • 1912: Luise Strasilla • 1913–1914: Thea Frenssen • 1917–1918: Thea Frenssen • 1919–1920: Elaine Winter • 1921: Ellen Brockhöft • 1922: Elaine Winter • 1923–1927: Ellen Brockhöft • 1928–1931: Katrin Flebbe • 1932: Ruth Michaelis • 1933–1935: Maxi Herber • 1936: Viktoria Lindpaitner • 1937–1941: Lydia Veicht • 1942–1944: Marta Musilek • 1947: Inge Jell • 1948: Irene Braun • 1949–1951: Helga Dudzinski • 1952: Erika Kraft • 1953–1954: Gundi Busch • 1955–1956: Rosi Pettinger • 1957–1959: Ina Bauer • 1960: Bärbel Martin • 1961: Karin Gude • 1962: Inge Paul • 1963: Karin Gude • 1964: Inge Paul • 1965: Uschi Keszler • 1966: Angelika Wagner • 1967–1968: Monika Feldmann • 1969–1971: Eileen Zillmer • 1972–1974: Gerti Schanderl • 1975: Isabel de Navarre • 1976: Gerti Schanderl • 1977–1980: Dagmar Lurz • 1981: Karin Riediger • 1982–1984: Manuela Ruben • 1985–1989: Claudia Leistner • 1990: Patricia Neske • 1991–1993: Marina Kielmann • 1994–1995: Tanja Szewczenko • 1996: Astrid Hochstetter • 1997: Eva-Maria Fitze • 1998: Tanja Szewczenko • 1999: Eva-Maria Fitze • 2000–2001: Susanne Stadlmüller • 2002: Katharina Häcker • 2003–2006: Annette Dytrt • 2007: Kristin Wieczorek • 2008: Sarah Hecken • 2009: Annette Dytrt • 2010-2011: Sarah Hecken
German champions in figure skating – Pairs 1907: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger • 1909: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger • 1911: Alice Rolle & Bruno Grauel • 1912: Hedwig Winzer & Hugo Winzer • 1913: Schnell & Georg Velisch • 1914: Else Lischka & Oskar Hoppe • 1920: Margaret Klebe & Paul Metzner • 1922–23: Grete Weise & Georg Velisch • 1924: Else Flebbe & Rudolf Eilers • 1925: Milly Förster & Hellmuth Jüngling • 1926: Ilse Kishauer & Herbert Haertel • 1927–31: Ilse Kishauer & Ernst Gaste • 1932–33: Wally Hempel & Otto Weiß • 1934–36: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1937: Eva Prawitz & Otto Weiß • 1938–41: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1942–43: Gerda Strauch & Günther Noack • 1944: Hertha Ratzenhofer & Emil Ratzenhofer • 1947–52: Ria Baran & Paul Falk • 1953: Helga Krüger & Peter Voss • 1954: Inge Minor & Hermann Braun • 1955–57: Marika Kilius & Franz Ningel • 1958–59: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler • 1960–62: Margret Göbl & Franz Ningel • 1963–64: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler • 1965–66: Sonja Pfersdorf & Günther Matzdorf • 1967–68: Margot Glockshuber & Wolfgang Danne • 1969: Gudrun Hauss & Walter Häfner • 1970: Brunhilde Baßler & Eberhard Rausch • 1971–73: Almut Lehmann & Herbert Wiesinger • 1974–76: Corinna Halke & Eberhard Rausch • 1977–78: Susanne Scheibe & Andreas Nischwitz • 1979–81: Christina Riegel & Andreas Nischwitz • 1982: Bettina Hage & Stefan Zins • 1983–84: Claudia Massari & Leonardo Azzola • 1985: Claudia Massari & Daniele Caprano • 1986: Kerstin Kiminus & Stefan Pfrengle • 1987: Sonja Adalbert & Daniele Caprano • 1988: Brigitte Groh & Holger Maletz • 1989–90: Anuschka Gläser & Stefan Pfrengle • 1991: Mandy Wötzel & Axel Rauschenbach • 1992: Peggy Schwarz & Alexander König • 1993: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer • 1994: Anuschka Gläser & Axel Rauschenbach • 1995–97: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer • 1998–2000: Peggy Schwarz & Mirko Müller • 2001: Claudia Rauschenbach & Robin Szolkowy • 2002: Sarah Jentgens & Mirko Müller • 2003: Eva-Maria Fitze & Rico Rex • 2004–09: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy • 2010: Maylin Hausch & Daniel Wende • 2011: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Categories:- 1920 births
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- German pair skaters
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- Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Deaths from Parkinson's disease
- People with Parkinson's disease
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
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