Knut Schubert

Knut Schubert

Knut Schubert, 1981
Personal information
Born	(1958-09-09) 9 September 1958 Bautzen, East Germany
Height	5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm)
Figure skating career
Country	East Germany
Medal record Pairs' figure skating Representing East Germany European Championships 1984 Budapest Pairs 1983 Dortmund Pairs

Knut Schubert (born 9 September 1958 in Bautzen, East Germany) is a former East German pair skater. With his sister, Katja Schubert, he won the bronze medal at the 1974 East German Figure Skating Championships. They went on to finish ninth at that year's European Figure Skating Championships and eleventh at the World Figure Skating Championships.

Schubert later teamed up with Birgit Lorenz. They won the gold medal at the East German Championships in 1981 and 1985, and captured the silver medal in four additional years. The couple won the bronze at the European Championships in 1983 and 1984 and finished fifth at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. They also finished a career-best sixth place at the 1984 World Championships.

After his figure skating career he studied teaching special subject sport. Knut Schubert became figure skating coach in Berlin. He trained Peggy Schwarz and Alexander König, Peggy Schwarz and Mirko Müller, Mariana Kautz and Norman Jeschke, Mikkeline Kierkgaard and Norman Jeschke and also Sarah Jentgens and Mirko Müller. In the early 1990s he also trained the ice dancers Kati Winkler and René Lohse. After he moved to Dortmund Knut Schubert trained local pairs of Rebecca Handke and Daniel Wende (till 2007), Ekaterina Vassilieva and Daniel Wende (till 2008) as well as Mari-Doris Vartmann and Florian Just (till 2009).

In 2010 he returned to Berlin and trains there Mari-Doris Vartmann and Aaron Van Cleave. He currently coaches Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin.

Knut Schubert is married and has two children. His daughter Pauline Schubert was also a figure skater.

Results

With Birgit Lorenz

International
Event	78–79	79–80	80–81	81–82	82–83	83–84	84–85	85–86
Olympics						5th
Worlds			9th	7th	8th	6th
Europeans			4th	5th	3rd	3rd	4th
NHK Trophy				2nd			2nd
Blue Swords	5th	4th	2nd	1st	1st	1st
Prague Skate	4th	3rd	1st
Ennia Challenge					2nd	1st
Moscow News		4th		5th
National
East Germany	4th	5th	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd

With Katja Schubert

International
Event	1973–74	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77
World Championships	11th
European Champ.	9th
Blue Swords	5th	3rd		1st
Prize of Moscow News	6th	3rd	6th
National
East German Champ.	3rd	4th	6th	4th

External links

• Knut Schubert at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Knut Schubert at Olympics.com