Claudia Leistner
Figure skating: Ladies' singles | ||
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Representing West Germany | ||
World Championships | ||
1983 Helsinki | Ladies' singles | |
1989 Paris | Ladies' singles | |
European Championships | ||
1989 Birmingham | Ladies' singles | |
1983 Dortmund | Ladies' singles | |
1985 Gothenburg | Ladies' singles |
Claudia Pfrengle (née Leistner, born 15 April 1965) is a German former figure skater. She is a two-time World silver medalist and the 1989 European champion.
Career
Leistner was a roller skater before taking up ice skating. In the 1981–82 season, she landed on the German senior national podium for the first time, taking the silver medal behind Manuela Ruben. Making her senior ISU Championship debut, she placed fifth at the 1982 European Championships in Lyon and fourth at the 1982 World Championships in Copenhagen.
With her outstanding jumping ability, she went on to become European champion in 1989 and a two-time silver medalist at the World Championships (1983 and 1989). She trained in Mannheim, initially being coached by Günter Zöller and later by Ondrej Nepela and Martin Skotnicky.
She represented West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany and the Mannheimer ERC club.
Personal life
Claudia Leister was born in Ludwigshafen, West Germany. She is married to Stefan Pfrengle, a German national pair skating champion. They have a daughter named Julia Pfrengle, who also competed in figure skating, and a son named Yannik.
Results
International | |||||||||
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Event | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 |
Olympics | 9th | 6th | |||||||
Worlds | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | ||
Europeans | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 1st | ||
Skate America | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
Skate Canada | 2nd | ||||||||
Trophée de France | 1st | ||||||||
NHK Trophy | 4th | 4th | |||||||
National | |||||||||
German Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- Deutsche Eislauf Union (DEU) [1]
- Eissportmagazin (several issues) [2]
- Pirouette (several Issues) [3]
- Results: ISU
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- 1930: Fritzi Burger
- 1931: Sonja Henie
- 1932: Sonja Henie
- 1933: Sonja Henie
- 1934: Sonja Henie
- 1935: Sonja Henie
- 1936: Sonja Henie
- 1937: Cecilia Colledge
- 1938: Cecilia Colledge
- 1939: Cecilia Colledge
- 1947: Barbara Ann Scott
- 1948: Barbara Ann Scott
- 1949: Eva Pawlik
- 1950: Alena Vrzáňová
- 1951: Jeannette Altwegg
- 1952: Jeannette Altwegg
- 1953: Valda Osborn
- 1954: Gundi Busch
- 1955: Hanna Eigel
- 1956: Ingrid Wendl
- 1957: Hanna Eigel
- 1958: Ingrid Wendl
- 1959: Hanna Walter
- 1960: Sjoukje Dijkstra
- 1961: Sjoukje Dijkstra
- 1962: Sjoukje Dijkstra
- 1963: Sjoukje Dijkstra
- 1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra
- 1965: Regine Heitzer
- 1966: Regine Heitzer
- 1967: Gabriele Seyfert
- 1968: Hana Mašková
- 1969: Gabriele Seyfert
- 1970: Gabriele Seyfert
- 1971: Trixi Schuba
- 1972: Trixi Schuba
- 1973: Christine Errath
- 1974: Christine Errath
- 1975: Christine Errath
- 1976: Dianne de Leeuw
- 1977: Anett Pötzsch
- 1978: Anett Pötzsch
- 1979: Anett Pötzsch
- 1980: Anett Pötzsch
- 1981: Denise Biellmann
- 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder
- 1983: Katarina Witt
- 1984: Katarina Witt
- 1985: Katarina Witt
- 1986: Katarina Witt
- 1987: Katarina Witt
- 1988: Katarina Witt
- 1989: Claudia Leistner
- 1990: Evelyn Großmann
- 1991: Surya Bonaly
- 1992: Surya Bonaly
- 1993: Surya Bonaly
- 1994: Surya Bonaly
- 1995: Surya Bonaly
- 1996: Irina Slutskaya
- 1997: Irina Slutskaya
- 1998: Maria Butyrskaya
- 1999: Maria Butyrskaya
- 2000: Irina Slutskaya
- 2001: Irina Slutskaya
- 2002: Maria Butyrskaya
- 2003: Irina Slutskaya
- 2004: Júlia Sebestyén
- 2005: Irina Slutskaya
- 2006: Irina Slutskaya
- 2007: Carolina Kostner
- 2008: Carolina Kostner
- 2009: Laura Lepistö
- 2010: Carolina Kostner
- 2011: Sarah Meier
- 2012: Carolina Kostner
- 2013: Carolina Kostner
- 2014: Yulia Lipnitskaya
- 2015: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
- 2016: Evgenia Medvedeva
- 2017: Evgenia Medvedeva
- 2018: Alina Zagitova
- 2019: Sofia Samodurova
- 2020: Alena Kostornaia
- 2022: Anna Shcherbakova
- 2023: Anastasia Gubanova
- 2024: Loena Hendrickx