Rolf ÖSTERREICH

Rolf Oesterreich started his career with non-Olympian Marlies Radunsky, but they split in 1972. He then changed to Romy Kermer, with whom he won East German titles in 1973, and 1975-76. They started competing internationally in 1973, placing fifth at Worlds and sixth at the Europeans. They also added three silvers at the European Championships in 1974-76, and the World Championships in 1975-76, adding one bronze in 1974. They won another silver medal at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics. The two skaters married after the 1976 season and Oesterreich worked as a figure skating coach in Stuttgart and Ingolstadt training junior figure skaters.