Miezekatze said:I don't know about any troubles they may have had getting there, but Jennifer Goolsbee & Hendryk Schamberger DID compete at the 1994 Olympics and placed a very nice 9th place I also liked their program, a Jewish folk music dance.
She later tried to continue her skating career for Germany, after 1995 when Hendryk Schamberger had quit and teamed up with Samuel Gezalian (former partner of Tatiana Navka), but that team didn't really get off the ground, I don't remember what exactly happened in the end. In 1996 they had back luck with illnesses and injuries, and while they did win German Nationals in 1997 (and I have them on tape skating a show together in Germany in the same year I think ), I'm not sure if they ever represented Germany internationally.
Thanks -- I had kept up with her career for a while but lost track. Maybe it was the 1992 Olympics where they didn't make it for some strange reason, or maybe I was just remembering wrong. I did recall a partner change, but didn't realize it came after she made the Olympics.
I just remember at the time wondering if a teenager (I think she was still a teen, or maybe 20 by then) could really understand what it meant to the rest of her life to change citizenship for something that might only last a few years (a competitive and/or professional skating career). I realize people DO change citizenships for jobs and other reasons, but it seemed a huge step to take at the time for a young girl. But again, it was her decision and hopefully it turned out to be worth it to her.
Thanks again for the update on her.