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Christina BeierGerman figure skater
Date of Birth: 09.06.1984
Country:  Germany |
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Biography of Kristina Bayer
German figure skater
Kristina Bayer is a German figure skater who achieved great success in pairs skating with her older brother, Willhelm Bayer. She was born to a German father and a Filipino mother. When Kristina was 6 years old and her brother was 7, they moved from Manila to Germany with their father. However, a few months after their return, their father tragically died in a car accident. The children were raised by their paternal relatives who lived in Hemnitz and worked at the local ice rink. Kristina started skating at this rink for fun. When Kristina was 12 years old, she and her brother moved to Dortmund to train with Oleg Ryzhkin.
Rise to Success
Kristina and Willhelm made their international debut in 1999. In 2001, they won the Junior National Championships in Germany. During the 2002-2003 season, they reached the final of the Junior Grand Prix and placed 4th. In 2005, they won the "adult" National Championships in Germany and successfully defended their title the following season. However, Kristina suffered a leg injury during the entire 2006-2007 season, causing the pair to miss competitions. They won the National Championships again in the next season but finished 15th at the European Championships, leading them to decide to part ways. Kristina then teamed up with Tim Giesen, but they only placed 4th at the 2009 German Championships and did not compete in any other competitions.
Olympic Season and Retirement
For the Olympic season of 2009-2010, Kristina and Willhelm decided to reunite as a pair. The German Figure Skating Union set certain criteria for skaters to qualify for the 2010 Olympic Games. Skaters had to achieve a specific score in one of the first three international competitions of the 2009-2010 season. The requirement for ice dance teams was 145 points. The Bayer siblings fulfilled this requirement at the "Finlandia Trophy 2009" competition, scoring 147.38 points and making it onto the German Olympic team. They won the National Championships for the fourth time and finished 18th at the Olympics. They did not participate in the 2010 World Championships.
For the 2010-2011 season, the pair trained under the guidance of Maxim Staviski and Albena Denkova. However, after just two weeks of training, Willhelm's knee injury, which had been bothering him since 2006, worsened, and the pair decided to retire from competitive skating.
