Carolina Hermann

Carolina Hermann
Carolina Hermann in 2007.
Full nameAnna Carolina Hermann
Born (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 36)
Wuppertal, West Germany
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country Germany
PartnerDaniel Hermann
Skating clubERC Westfalen Dortmund
Retired2012

Anna Carolina Hermann (born 3 January 1988) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With her brother, Daniel Hermann, she won six senior international medals and the 2009 German national title. They reached the free dance at three ISU Championships, attaining their best result, tenth, at the 2007 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Anna Carolina Hermann was born on 3 January 1988 in Wuppertal, West Germany.[1][2] She has six siblings, including Daniel Hermann.[3] She gave birth to her daughter, Ella Yuna, on 3 February 2016.[4]

Career

The Hermanns started skating in the winter of 1991 and joined Solinger Turnerbund sports club in 1994.[1] In 1997, they teamed up together and began learning ice dancing, coached by Oleg Ryjkin at the Olympic training centre in Dortmund.[3][1] They competed on the novice level until the end of the 2002–03 season.

In the 2003–04 season, the Hermanns moved up to the junior ranks. They were given two ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments and finished ninth at both. They continued to appear on the JGP series during the next three seasons. In 2006–07, they won the German junior national title and were sent to the 2007 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, where they finished tenth.

The Hermanns began competing on the senior level in the 2007–08 season. Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed 8th at the 2007 Skate Canada International. They won a silver medal at the Pavel Roman Memorial and bronze at the German Championships.

Since Daniel had to study one term abroad for his degree, they spent the summer of 2008 training in Vancouver under Victor Kraatz and his wife Maikki Uotila-Kraatz.[3] In the 2008–09 season, the Hermanns won the German national title ahead of Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi. They were selected to represent Germany at two ISU Championships and qualified for the free dance at both, finishing 12th at the 2009 Europeans in Helsinki, Finland and 17th at the 2009 Worlds in Los Angeles, California.

In 2009–10, the Hermanns finished second to another sibling duo, Christina Beier / William Beier, at the German Championships and were eliminated from the World Championships in Turin, Italy after placing 22nd in the short dance.

The Hermanns missed the 2010–11 season due to injury and returned to the ice in March 2011, working with Rene Lohse in Berlin.[5] 2011–12 would be their final season. They won bronze medals at the 2011 Pavel Roman Memorial, 2011 NRW Trophy, and 2012 German Championships and then retired from competition.

Programs

(with Daniel Hermann)

Season Short dance Free dance
2011–12
[2]
Original dance
2009–10
[6] 		Folklore from the Alps:
  • Das Kufsteiner Lied (Die Perle Tirols)
  • Mei Vatta i a Apenzeller
  • The Mask
    • This Business of Love
    • Hey Pachuco
    • You Would Be My Baby
    • Cuban Pete
2008–09
[7]
  • Slow Foxtrot: You're the Cream in my Coffee
    by Gordon MacRay
  • Charleston: Happy Feet
  • The Mask
    • This Business of Love
    • Hey Pachuco
    • You Would Be My Baby
    • Cuban Pete
2007–08
[8] 		Greek folk dance
  • Nasyvargyaszman, Dilyargyazman
  • Sasasolie
2006–07
[9][10]
  • James Bond
    • Diamonds Are Forever
    • The Man with the Golden Gun
    • The World Is Not Enough
    • Live and Let Die
2005–06
[9][11]
  • Cha Cha
  • Rhumba
  • Samba
2004–05
[12]
  • Charleston
  • Slow Foxtrot
  • Moulin Rouge!
2003–04
[13]
  • Grease medley
2002–03
[13]
  • Music
    by Safri Duo
2001–02
[13]
  • Addams Family
2000–01
[13]
1999–2000
[13]
  • Tango
1998–99
[13]
1997–98
[13]
  • Pinocchio

Results

(with Hermann)

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[14]
Event 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 11–12
Worlds 17th 22nd
Europeans 12th
GP Cup of Russia 9th
GP Skate Canada 8th 7th
Cup of Nice 6th
Finlandia 6th
Golden Spin 4th
Nebelhorn 5th 7th 11th
NRW Trophy 2nd 2nd 3rd
Ondrej Nepela 5th 2nd
Pavel Roman 2nd 4th 3rd
Universiade 6th
International: Junior and novice[14]
Junior Worlds 10th
JGP Bulgaria 9th 11th
JGP Germany 12th
JGP Hungary WD
JGP Mexico 9th
JGP Poland 7th
JGP Serbia 10th
JGP Taiwan 8th
Pavel Roman 4th J. 1st J. 3rd J.
National[14]
German Champ. 4th J. 2nd J. 2nd J. 1st J. 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
J. = Junior, WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biography". Official website of the Hermanns. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Carolina & Daniel Hermann". ice-dance.com. 1 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Nachwuchs für Carolina Hermann" [Carolina Hermann gives birth] (in German). Deutsche Eislauf-Union. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  5. ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (13 July 2011). "European News: Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy and More: Summer Updates". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
  9. ^ a b Mittan, Barry (29 August 2007). "German Dancers Make Top Ten at Junior Worlds". Skate Today.
  10. ^ "Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2007.
  11. ^ "Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2006.
  12. ^ "Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "Programs". Official website of the Hermanns. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  14. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016.

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