Erich Buck was a German ice dancer. He was a team with his sister Angelika Buck

Angelika Buck

Angelika Buck was a German ice dancer. She was a team with her brother Erich Buck. They were the first Germans to capture the European title in ice dancing....

. They were the first Germans to capture the European title in ice dancing.

Angelika and Erich Buck skated for the club ERV Ravensburg. Their coach was Betty Callaway

Betty Callaway

Betty Callaway-Fittall, MBE was an ice skating trainer.She trained Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to Olympic gold, the brother/sister partnership of Erich and Angelika Buck, and Krisztina Regőczy and András Sallay....

 and they trained in Oberstdorf

Oberstdorf

Oberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide...

. 1972 they won the Europeans in Ice dancing in Göteborg upsetting Lyudmila Pakhomova

Lyudmila Pakhomova

Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova was an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner Alexandr Gorshkov, she was the 1976 Olympic champion.-Biography:...

 and Alexander Gorshkov. They also won three times the silver medal at the worlds and twice at the Europeans and won 6 times the German championships.

They invented the "Ravensburger Waltz" which was first presented at the 1973 German championships. This dance is today one of the compulsory dances.

Erich Buck studied at university managerial-economics in Munich. He manages an insurance office in his hometown Ravensburg. He is married and has two children.

Results

Event	1964-65	1965-66	1966-67	1967-68	1968-69	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72	1972-73
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...			10th	8th	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...		13th		6th	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd
German Championships German Figure Skating Championships The German Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Germany. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....							1st	1st