Christina Beier

Christina Beier (born June 9, 1984 in Manila, Philippines) is a German former competitive ice dancer. She competed with her brother William Beier. She briefly stopped competing with her brother and competed with partner Tim Giesen for one season. Beier & Beier are four-time (2005–2006, 2008, 2010) German national champions.

Christina Beier
Beier & Beier in 2005.
Personal information
Country represented Germany
Born (1984-06-09) June 9, 1984
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
PartnerWilliam Beier
Former partnerTim Giesen
CoachMartin Skotnicky
ChoreographerKelly Johnson, Marc Bongarts, Kati Winkler
Skating clubTSC Eintracht Dortmund
Retired2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total154.94
2006 Worlds
Comp. dance31.48
2004 Skate Canada
Original dance47.89
2005 Skate America
Free dance78.45
2006 Worlds

Career

The Beiers moved from the Philippines to Germany in 1990.[1] Christina Beier began skating when she was seven. She was a singles skater for two years and then took up ice dancing with her brother William Beier.[2] They were the 2005–2006 and 2008 and 2010 German national champions.

They did not compete in 2006/2007 season because Christina was suffering from a foot injury. In February 2008 they withdrew from the 2008 World Championships because of injury.

In May 2008, the Beiers announced the end of their dance partnership. Christina Beier teamed up with Tim Giesen and began competing with him in the 2008–2009 season. She began competing with her brother again following that season. They trained for two weeks with Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski but William Beier had a problem with his knees, which had troubled him since 2006. The Beiers ended their competitive career in 2010.

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With William Beier
International[3]
Event 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 07–08 09–10
Olympics18th
Worlds20th13th
Europeans16th15th13th15th15th
GP Bompard6th
GP Cup of China8th
GP Skate America7th
GP Skate Canada11th7th
Bofrost Cup6th
Finlandia4th
Golden Spin4th
Ice Challenge3rd
Karl Schäfer3rd
Nebelhorn3rd2nd
Ondrej Nepela2nd
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds15th11th5th
JGP Final4th
JGP China1st
JGP Czech Rep.5th
JGP France2nd
JGP Norway3rd
JGP Poland3rd
JGP Slovenia4th
JGP Sweden5th4th
EYOF2nd
National[3]
German Champ.2nd J1st J1st J2nd1st1st1st1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
The Beiers did not compete together in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons.

With Tim Giesen
National[4]
Event 2008–09
German Championships4th

References
  1. "Christina Beier & William Beier". ice-dance.com. October 2002. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.
  2. Mittan, Barry (10 February 2003). "Christina and William Beier: Germany's Beiers Finish Fourth at JGP Final". GoldenSkate.
  3. "Competition Results: Christina BEIER / William BEIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016.
  4. "Competition Results: Christina BEIER / Tim GIESEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.

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