Günter Zöller is a German figure skater and figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 coach.

Zöller was a child when he began figure skating. His coach was Jutta Müller

Jutta Müller

Jutta Müller, born Jutta Lötzsch is a German former figure skater and one of the most successful figure skating coaches worldwide....

. He skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and represented East Germany.

In 1967 he won the East German nationals over Reinhard Mirmseker, the then-president of the Deutsche Eislauf-Union

Deutsche Eislauf-Union

The Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V., is the national amateur association for figure skating and ice dancing in Germany. The members of the DEU are the various German ice sports associations; there are no individual members....

 (German national figure skating organisation).

In 1970 he won bronze medals at the Europeans

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...

 and the Worlds

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...

. Afterwards he was injured.

In 1972 he left East Germany and moved to West Germany. There he became a successful coach in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

. Among his students were the skaters Claudia Leistner

Claudia Leistner

Claudia Leistner, married Pfrengle, is a German figure skater. She is the 1989 European Champion.-Biography:She was initially a roller-skater but later took up ice-skating...

 and Rudi Cerne

Rudi Cerne

Rudi Cerne was a German figure skater and now works as a TV presenter....

.

He is still a coach in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

.

Results

Event	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Winter Olympics Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...						11th
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...			18th		11th	11th	7th	3rd
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...	19th		12th		7th	8th	4th	3rd
East German Championships East German Figure Skating Championships The National Championships of the German Democratic Republic in Figure Skating were the figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the German Democratic Republic, often referred to as East Germany...	2nd	2nd	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st

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