Erich Zeller
Erich Zeller (13 January 1920 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany – 6 November 2001 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany) was a German figure skater and figure skating coach.
Erich Zeller as a skater represented the club Rot-Weiß-Berlin and became 1942 German champion. He studied mechanical engineering. In 1942 he was forced to enter the Wehrmacht. His figure skating career was destroyed by World War II.
In 1945 Erich Zeller participated in ice shows.
In 1956 his coaching career began. His first pupil was Hans-Jürgen Bäumler. Erich Zeller became the most successful coach in West Germany. Among his other students were Marika Kilius, Dagmar Lurz and Norbert Schramm. From 1970 to 1985 he was national coach of West Germany for figure skating (Eiskunstlauf-Bundestrainer). He also was once president of the world coach association.
Erich Zeller wrote figure skating books:
- Meine kleine Eiskunstlaufschule (My Little Figure-Skating-School), published 1969
- Eiskunstlauf für Fortgeschrittene (Figure Skating For Advanced Skaters), published 1982
References
- various issues of the figure skating magazine Pirouette
- various issues of the figure skating magazine Eissportmagzin
- various issues of the magazine Eis- und Rollsport
Competitive highlights
Single skating
Event | 1941 | 1942 |
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German Championships | 5th | 1st |
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- 1891: Anon Schmitson
- 1892–93: Georg Zachariades
- 1894: Gustav Hügel
- 1895–96: Gilbert Fuchs
- 1897: Karl Zenger
- 1900–01: Wilhelm Zenger
- 1903: Ludwig Niedermeyer
- 1904: Heinrich Burger
- 1905: Karl Zenger
- 1906–07: Heinrich Burger
- 1909: Gilbert Fuchs
- 1911–13: Werner Rittberger
- 1914: Hugo Metzner
- 1920–26: Werner Rittberger
- 1927: Paul Franke
- 1928: Werner Rittberger
- 1929: Paul Franke
- 1930–32: Leopold Maier-Labergo
- 1933–38: Ernst Baier
- 1939–41: Horst Faber
- 1942: Erich Zeller
- 1943: Edi Rada
- 1944: Horst Faber
- 1947–51: Horst Faber
- 1952–54: Freimut Stein
- 1955: Tilo Gutzeit
- 1956–61: Manfred Schnelldorfer
- 1962: Sepp Schönmetzler
- 1963–64: Manfred Schnelldorfer
- 1965: Sepp Schönmetzler
- 1966–68: Peter Krick
- 1969: Reinhard E. Ketterer
- 1970–71: Klaus Grimmelt
- 1972: Harald Kuhn
- 1973–75: Erich Reifschneider
- 1976: Gert-Walter Gräbner
- 1977: Kurt Kürzinger
- 1978: Rudi Cerne
- 1979: Norbert Schramm
- 1980: Rudi Cerne
- 1981: Norbert Schramm
- 1982–83: Heiko Fischer
- 1984: Norbert Schramm
- 1985–86: Heiko Fischer
- 1987: Richard Zander
- 1988: Heiko Fischer
- 1989: Richard Zander
- 1990–91: Daniel Weiss
- 1992: Mirko Eichhorn
- 1993–94: Ronny Winkler
- 1995–97: Andrejs Vlascenko
- 1998: Sven Meyer
- 1999: Andrejs Vlascenko
- 2000: Stefan Lindemann
- 2001: Silvio Smalun
- 2002: Stefan Lindemann
- 2003: Silvio Smalun
- 2004–07: Stefan Lindemann
- 2008: Clemens Brummer
- 2009: Peter Liebers
- 2010: Stefan Lindemann
- 2011–14: Peter Liebers
- 2015–16: Franz Streubel
- 2017: Peter Liebers
- 2018–20: Paul Fentz
- 2021: Denis Gurdzhi
- 2022: Paul Fentz
- 2023: Nikita Starostin
- 2024: Kai Jagoda
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