Romy Kermer

Who is Romy Kermer?

Romy Kermer married name Österreich is a German pair skater and figure skating coach. With Rolf Österreich, she is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist.

Romy Kermer began skating in Karl-Marx-Stadt and became a pair skater already there. Her first partner was Tassilo Thierbach.

1972 she moved to Berlin and skated there at the club SC Dynamo Berlin. Her coach was Heidemarie Seiner-Walther. However she still skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1973 before she changed the club as well. Her pair skating partner was Rolf Österreich since.

Romy Kermer and Rolf Österreich won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics 1976 in Innsbruck.

After their figure skating career they married each other.

Romy Österreich is now figure skating coach at the club SC Berlin. One of her students Philipp Tischendorf won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix 2005 in Bratislava.

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