Romy Kermer

Olympic medal record
Representing  East Germany
Figure Skating
	1976 Innsbruck	Pairs

Romy Kermer
Romy Kermer and Rolf Österreich in 1976
Personal information
Country represented	East Germany
Born	28 July 1956 Karl-Marx-Stadt, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Former partner	Rolf Österreich Tassilo Thierbach
Medal record Representing  East Germany Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Pairs World Championships 1976 Gothenburg Pairs 1975 Colorado Springs Pairs 1974 Munich Pairs European Championships 1976 Geneva Pairs 1975 Copenhagen Pairs 1974 Zagreb Pairs

Romy Kermer married name Österreich (born 28 July 1956 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany/GDR) 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.

Results

(with Österreich)

Event	1973	1974	1975	1976
Winter Olympics				2nd
World Championships	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd
European Championships	5th	2nd	2nd	2nd
East German Championships	1st	2nd	1st	1st

References

• SR/Olympic Sports
• SC Berlin e.V.
• Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V.