Rolf Oesterreich (born 28 November 1952 in Rostock, East Germany) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. With Romy Kermer, he is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist.
Oesterreich began skating in Berlin. He first teamed up with Marlies Radunsky. From 1972 on he skated with Romy Kermer. He skated for the club SC Dynamo Berlin and was representing East Germany. His coach was Heidemarie Seiner-Walther.
Romy Kermer and Rolf Oesterreich won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics 1976 in Innsbruck. In March 1976, they were both awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit for their Olympic success.
After their figure skating career they married each other. Oesterreich now works as a figure skating coach at the club TUS Stuttgart.
Results Pairs with Kermer International Event 1973 1974 1975 1976 Winter Olympics 2nd World Championships 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd European Champ. 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd National East German Champ. 1st 2nd 1st 1st
Pairs with Radunsky International Event 1970–71 1971–72 European Championships 6th 7th Prize of Moscow News 7th National East German Championships 3rd 3rd
Men's singles International Event 1967–68 Prague Skate 6th
See also Figure Skating World Figure Skating Championships
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20060502042510/http://www.eklscberlin.arcgraph.de/ http://www.tus-eissport.de