Christina Beier (born June 9, 1984 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino born German former competitive ice dancer. She competed with her brother William Beier. She briefly stopped competing with her brother and competed with partner Tim Giesen for one season. Beier & Beier are four-time (2005–2006, 2008, 2010) German national champions.

Christina Beier
Beier & Beier in 2005.
Born (1984-06-09) June 9, 1984 (age 40)
Manila, Philippines
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country Germany
PartnerWilliam Beier
CoachMartin Skotnicky
Skating clubTSC Eintracht Dortmund
Retired2010

Career

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The Beiers moved from the Philippines to Germany in 1990.[1] Christina Beier began skating when she was seven. She was a singles skater for two years and then took up ice dancing with her brother William Beier.[2] They were the 2005–2006 and 2008 and 2010 German national champions.

They did not compete in 2006/2007 season because Christina was suffering from a foot injury. In February 2008 they withdrew from the 2008 World Championships because of injury.

In May 2008, the Beiers announced the end of their dance partnership. Christina Beier teamed up with Tim Giesen and began competing with him in the 2008–2009 season. She began competing with her brother again following that season. They trained for two weeks with Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski but William Beier had a problem with his knees, which had troubled him since 2006. The Beiers ended their competitive career in 2010.

Competitive highlights

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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With William Beier

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International[3]
Event 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 07–08 09–10
Olympics 18th
Worlds 20th 13th
Europeans 16th 15th 13th 15th 15th
GP Bompard 6th
GP Cup of China 8th
GP Skate America 7th
GP Skate Canada 11th 7th
Bofrost Cup 6th
Finlandia 4th
Golden Spin 4th
Ice Challenge 3rd
Karl Schäfer 3rd
Nebelhorn 3rd 2nd
Ondrej Nepela 2nd
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds 15th 11th 5th
JGP Final 4th
JGP China 1st
JGP Czech Rep. 5th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Norway 3rd
JGP Poland 3rd
JGP Slovenia 4th
JGP Sweden 5th 4th
EYOF 2nd
National[3]
German Champ. 2nd J 1st J 1st J 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
The Beiers did not compete together in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons.

With Tim Giesen

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National[4]
Event 2008–09
German Championships 4th

References

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  1. ^ "Christina Beier & William Beier". ice-dance.com. October 2002. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.
  2. ^ Mittan, Barry (10 February 2003). "Christina and William Beier: Germany's Beiers Finish Fourth at JGP Final". GoldenSkate.
  3. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Christina BEIER / William BEIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Competition Results: Christina BEIER / Tim GIESEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.

Patinage magazine No. 124, Nov/Dec 2010

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