Isabel De Navarre is a former West German

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 figure skater, a current German figure skating coach and ISU

ISU

ISU may refer to:* International System of Unit* ISU-152, ISU-122, Soviet self-propelled guns* Integrated Security Unit* International Skating Union* International Seamen's Union* International Stereoscopic Union* Independent Study Unit...

 technical specialist.

Biography

Isabel de Navarre started to skate at the age of 3 in Bad Tölz

Bad Tölz

Bad Tölz is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and administrative center of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.- History :Since the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the Ice Age, archaeology has shown continuous occupation of the site of Bad Tölz...

. She wanted to compete with her 8-years-older sister, Yvonne de Navarre, who achieved 7th place in the 1969 German Championships. At that time, the ice-rink in Bad Tölz did not have a roof.

Isabel was strongly inspired by figure skaters like Mona and Peter Szabo (Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

), Günter Anderl

Günter Anderl

Günter Anderl is an Austrian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was a three-time Austrian national champion from 1969 to 1971. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics...

 (Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

), Manfred Schnelldorfer

Manfred Schnelldorfer

Manfred Schnelldorfer is a German figure skater, and a World and Olympic champion.-Career:...

, Gudrun Hauss and Walter Häffner (all West Germany) at the summer training camp in Bad Tölz.

Isabel's coach at the “ECT - Eisclub Tölz” was Trude Bacherer from Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. In 1970/71 Isabel took her coach's advice to move to Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

 and train with Erich Zeller

Erich Zeller

Erich Zeller was a German figure skater and figure skating coach....

. Zeller supported her to the end of her amateur career.

From 1972 Isabel de Navarre represented the club “SCR - Sportklub Riessersee”. She became 1975 German Champion in the Ladies competition and in 1976 was 5th at the Olympic Winter Games. She was one of the best skaters at compulsory figures of her time - winning the compulsory figures at the Olympic Winter Games in 1976 in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

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Today, Isabel de Navarre is an ISU

ISU

ISU may refer to:* International System of Unit* ISU-152, ISU-122, Soviet self-propelled guns* Integrated Security Unit* International Skating Union* International Seamen's Union* International Stereoscopic Union* Independent Study Unit...

 technical specialist. She is a Diplom

Diplom

A Diplom is an academic degree in the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and a similarly named degree in some other European countries including Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Finland , Greece, Hungary, Russia, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Ukraine...

-qualified figure skating coach.

Results

Event	1971-72	1972-73	1973-74	1974-75	1975-76
Winter Olympic Games 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...	14th				5th
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...				6th	6th
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...	11th		8th	5th	4th
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....	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd
Karl Schäfer Memorial Karl Schäfer Memorial The Karl Schäfer Memorial is an annual elite senior-level figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition is named for figure skater Karl Schäfer. The competition is usually held in...					2nd
Prize of Moscow News Prize of Moscow News The Prize of Moscow News , also known as the Moscow Skate, Nouvelles de Moscou, and the Moscow News Trophy, was an international, senior-level figure skating competition held in the former Soviet Union from 1966 to 1990...		2nd
Richmond Trophy Richmond Trophy The Richmond Trophy was an international figure skating competition for ladies held annually from 1949 to 1980 at the Richmond ice rink near London. It was the only invitational international competition held on a regular basis in the post-war years...				2nd