Ingo Steuer

Ingo Steuer
Ingo Steuer in 2014
Personal information
Country represented	Germany East Germany
Born	(1966-11-01) 1 November 1966 (age 50) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Residence	Chemnitz, Saxony
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Former partner	Mandy Wötzel, Ines Müller, Manuela Landgraf
Former coach	Monika Scheibe
Skating club	Eislaufverein Chemnitz
Retired	1998
Medal record Representing  Germany Figure skating: Pairs Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Pairs World Championships 1997 Lausanne Pairs 1996 Edmonton Pairs 1993 Prague Pairs European Championships 1997 Paris Pairs 1996 Sofia Pairs 1995 Dortmund Pairs 1993 Helsinki Pairs Grand Prix Final 1997–98 Tokyo Pairs 1996–97 Hamilton Pairs 1995–96 Paris Pairs Representing  East Germany World Junior Championships 1984 Sapporo Pairs

Ingo Steuer (born 1 November 1966) is a German pair skater and skating coach. With Mandy Wötzel, he is the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1997 World champion, the 1995 European champion, and a four-time German national champion. As a coach, he has led Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany to multiple world and European titles.

Ingo Steuer was born 1 November 1966 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), Saxony, East Germany. His son, Hugo, was born in 2003.

Steuer began to skate as a young child. Domestically, he represented the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, which was renamed SC Chemnitz after German reunification. He skated for East Germany internationally until 1990 and then the combined Germany.

Steuer took up pair skating in the early 1980s, teaming up with Manuela Landgraf. They were coached by Monika Scheibe. In 1984, Landgraf/Steuer became the first Germans to win the World Junior Championships. After they split, Steuer skated with Ines Müller for several years. Their best results were 7th places at the Europeans. Müller quit after the 1990–91 season.

Steuer was left without a partner during 1991–92 season. He trained at the same rink and under the same coach, Monika Scheibe, as Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach. When that pair split in 1992, Scheibe hesitated to put Wötzel and Steuer together due to doubts about whether their personalities would work well together but she was persuaded after seeing their tryout. After less than a year together, Wötzel/Steuer won the silver medal at the 1993 European Championships and the 1993 World Championships. Both were accepted into the of the German army, supporting athletes.