Tanja Kolbe
| Tanja Kolbe | |
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Tanja Kolbe in 2014
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Germany |
| Born |
7 September 1990 Berlin |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Former partner | Stefano Caruso, Sascha Rabe, Paul Boll |
| Former coach | Barbara Fusar-Poli, René Lohse, Martin Skotnický, Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo |
| Former choreographer | Jutta Deutschland |
| Skating club | TSC Berlin |
| Training locations |
Milan Berlin |
| Began skating | 1994 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 142.54 2013 Europeans |
| Short dance | 56.54 2013 Europeans |
| Free dance | 86.00 2013 Europeans |
Tanja Kolbe (born 7 September 1990) is a German ice dancer. With Stefano Caruso, she won seven international medals and two German national silver medals. They placed eighth at the 2013 European Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing 19th.
Tanja Kolbe was born 7 September 1990 in Berlin, Germany. She studied business communication in Berlin and has worked for the Bundeswehr's sports group. She and her partner, Alexander Nissen, have a son named Moritz, born on 11 October 2015.
From 2003 to 2006, Kolbe competed with Paul Boll. They won the 2006 German national junior title and were sent to the 2006 World Junior Championships where they placed 16th.
In 2006, Kolbe teamed up with Sascha Rabe. In their first season together, they competed on the junior level. They appeared at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and took the silver medal at the German Junior Championships. The next three season, Kolbe/Rabe competed on the senior level. They took bronze at the 2009 German Championships. After Rabe decided to retire in 2010, she had a tryout with Deividas Stagniūnas of Lithuania.
Kolbe teamed up with Italian ice dancer Stefano Caruso in 2010. In their first season together, they took bronze at the 2010 Ice Challenge and at the 2011 German Championships.
In their second season together, Kolbe/Caruso won two international medals, gold at the 2011 NRW Trophy and bronze at the Istanbul Cup. They took the silver medal at the German Championships and were assigned to the 2012 European Championships where they finished 12th. The duo split up after the event but teamed up again in July 2012.
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