Falko Kirsten
| Falko Kirsten | |
|---|---|
 1985–86 East German champions, from left: Falko
Kirsten, Katarina Witt, Tobias Schröter, Katrin Kanitz | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | East Germany |
| Born |
3 January 1964 Dresden, East Germany |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Skating club | SC Einheit Dresden |
| Retired | 1987 |
Falko Kirsten (born January 3, 1964 in Dresden) is a German former figure skater. He is the 1980 World Junior bronze medalist, the 1983 St. Ivel International bronze medalist, and a five-time East German national champion. He competed at six European Championships, finishing twice in the top five; five World Championships; and the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, finishing 16th.[1] He represented the club SC Einheit Dresden.[2]
Kirsten is the chairman of the Saxony Ice Sport Association (Sächsischen Eissport-Verband) and also works as a technical specialist.
Results
| International | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 |
| Olympics | 16th | |||||||||||
| Worlds | 13th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 13th | |||||||
| Europeans | 8th | 12th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 5th | ||||||
| Moscow News | 4th | |||||||||||
| St. Ivel | 3rd | |||||||||||
| International: Junior | ||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 4th | 3rd | ||||||||||
| National | ||||||||||||
| East German | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
References
- ↑ "Falko Kirsten". Sports Reference.
- ↑ "Die Geschichte des Dresdner Eislauf-Clubs" [History of Dresden Skating Club] (in German). Archived from the original on 9 September 2007.
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