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Wikipedia / William Beier

William Beier (born November 2, 1982, in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino born German former competitive ice dancer. He competed with his sister, Christina Beier. They are four-time (2005–2006, 2008, 2010) German national champions, and represented Germany in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The Beiers moved from the Philippines to Germany in 1990. William Beier began skating when he was eight. He was a singles skater for two years and then took up ice dancing with his sister, Christina Beier.

In 2004, the couple changed trainers and training facilities, training with Martin Skotnický in Oberstdorf.

In May 2008, the Beiers announced the end of their dance partnership. They teamed up again following the 2008-09 season and qualified for the Winter Olympics. The Beiers ended their competitive career in 2010.

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

  1. with Christina Beier

International

Event

01–02

02–03

03–04

04–05

05–06

07–08

09–10

Olympics

18th

Worlds

20th

13th

Europeans

16th

15th

13th

15th

15th

Bompard

6th

Cup of China

8th

Skate America

7th

Skate Canada

11th

7th

Bofrost Cup

6th

Finlandia

4th

Golden Spin

4th

Ice Challenge

3rd

Karl Schäfer

3rd

Nebelhorn

3rd

2nd

Ondrej Nepela

2nd

International: Junior

Junior Worlds

15th

11th

5th

Final

4th

China

1st

Czech Rep.

5th

France

2nd

Norway

3rd

Poland

3rd

Slovenia

4th

Sweden

5th

4th

EYOF

2nd

National

German Champ.

2nd J

1st J

1st J

2nd

1st

1st

1st

1st

J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew The Beiers did not compete together in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons.

References

Patinage magazine No. 124, Nov/Dec 2010