2025-26 German Figure Skating

[Jumping_Bean]

With the new season having officially started a week ago and the Junior Test Skates drawing closer, let's get this new thread started.

The German National team is subdivided into multiple tiers depending on the age and performance level of the skaters - Olympic, perspective and supplementary squad (mainly Seniors), and youth squad 1 and 2 (mainly Juniors & Novices).

Senior team

Skater/Team	Date of birth	Discpline	Tier	Past results
Kai Jagoda	09.06.2000	Men	Supplementary squad	German National Champion ('24)
Nikita Starostin	13.06.2002	Men	Supplementary squad	4x World & European Championships competitor ('22, '23, '24, '25), 2x German National Champion ('23, '25)
Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin	10.06.1999 / 29.06.1999	Pairs	Olympic squad	World Championships silver ('25) & bronze ('24), European Champions ('25), 2x GPF Champions ('24, '25)
Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel	16.07.2000 / 28.04.1999	Pairs	Perspective squad	Top 5 World Championships ('24), European Championships bronze ('23), GPF Qualifiers ('23)
Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster	07.10.2004 / 10.05.2001	Pairs	Supplementary squad	2x European Championships competitors ('22, '25), Top 5 Jr Worlds ('22), 2x German Nationals silver ('23, '25) & 2x German Jr National Champions ('21, '22)
Lukas Röseler	15.04.2002	Pairs	Supplementary squad	German Nationals silver ('24)
Darya Grimm	13.11.2006	Ice Dance	Perspective squad	2x Jr Worlds and JGPF bronze ('24, '25)
Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan	09.05.1993 / 12.01.1996	Ice Dance	Perspective squad	Top 20 World Championships ('23, '25), Top 11 European Championships ('23, '24, '25)
Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter	07.11.2006 / 02.06.2002	Ice Dance	Perspective squad	Top 15 Jr Worlds ('23), 2x German Nationals bronze ('24, '25)
Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers	19.10.2000 / 20.10.1999	Ice Dance	Perspective squad	European Championships competitors ('24), 3x German Nationals silver ('23, '24, '25)
Michail Savitskiy	01.07.2003	Ice Dance	Perspective squad	2x Jr Worlds and JGPF bronze ('24, '25)

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Youth team

Skater/Team	Date of birth	Discipline	Tier	Past results
Valentina Andrianova	06.07.2008	Women	Youth Squad 1	Jr Nationals Silver ('23), 2x JGP participant
Anna Gerke	12.11.2010	Women	Youth Squad 1	Jr National Champion ('25), 3x Nv National Champion, Jr Worlds & 2x JGP participant
Julia Grabowski	06.07.2007	Women	Youth Squad 1	Jr Nationals Silver ('25), Nv National Champion ('22), 3x JGP participant
Valentina Beer	30.05.2013	Women	Youth Squad 2	6th Nv Nationals ('25)
Helen Böhm	17.08.2012	Women	Youth Squad 2	Nv Nationals Bronze ('25)
Jekaterina Brinster	15.02.2011	Women	Youth Squad 2	7th Nv Nationals ('25)
Sophie Erhardt	26.12.2009	Women	Youth Squad 2	Nv Nationals Silver ('22), 4th Jr Nationals ('25), 2x JGP participant
Frida Wilhelmine Herrmann	13.12.2010	Women	Youth Squad 2	5th Nv Nationals ('25)
Valeria Huber	24.03.2011	Women	Youth Squad 2	Nv Nationals Bronze ('25)
Marie Sophie Kiljan	03.01.2013	Women	Youth Squad 2	8th Nv Nationals ('25)
Anna Orlova	19.08.2010	Women	Youth Squad 2	Nv Nationals Silver ('25)
Rebecca Rusu	24.09.2011	Women	Youth Squad 2	16th Nv Nationals ('25)
Shirley Luana Scheffler	28.07.2012	Women	Youth Squad 2	7th Nv Nationals ('25)
Leyla Tosun	12.11.2011	Women	Youth Squad 2	Nv Nationals Silver ('25)
Annabell Marie Wuchrer	05.03.2013	Women	Youth Squad 2	4th Nv Nationals ('25)
Adelina Voroteliak	11.09.2011	Women	Youth Squad 2	2x Nv National Champion ('24, '25)
Diana Alexandra Ziesecke	15.12.2011	Women	Youth Squad 2	Nv National Champion ('25), Nv National Bronze ('24)
Luca Fünfer	18.02.2006	Men	Youth Squad 1	German Nationals Silver ('25), Jr National Champion ('24), 5x JGP participant
Genrikh Gartung	25.10.2007	Men	Youth Squad 1	Jr National Champion ('25), 7th Jr Worlds ('25), JGP bronze medalist ('24)
Hugo Willi Herrmann	05.01.2008	Men	Youth Squad 1	2x Jr Nationals Silver ('23, '24), Jr Nationals Bronze ('25), 2x Jr Worlds participant
Arthur Wolfgang Mai	04.03.2005	Men	Youth Squad 1	Jr Nationals Bronze ('22), 4th Sr Nationals ('25), 3x JGP participant
Soner Öztürk	25.09.2009	Men	Youth Squad 1	4th Jr Nationals ('24), Novice National Champion ('23)
Leon Rojkov	02.10.2008	Men	Youth Squad 1	Jr Nationals Bronze ('24), Nv Nationals Silver ('2023), 6th Jr Nationals ('25)
Michelangelo Caprano	31.07.2009	Men	Youth Squad 2	2x Nv Nationals Silver ('24, '25)
Richard Alexander von Göler	17.08.2009	Men	Youth Squad 2	3x Nv Nationals Bronze ('22, '23, '24), 4th Jr Nationals ('25)
Robert Wildt	23.07.2007	Men	Youth Squad 2	Jr Nationals Silver ('25)
Felix Haoyu Zeng	12.10.2011	Men	Youth Squad 2	Nv National Champion ('25)
Tobija Harms	23.06.2002	Pairs	Youth Squad 1	Jr National Champion ('25), 2x Jr Worlds participants
Sonja Löwenherz / Robert Löwenherz	05.11.2008 / 30.01.2004	Pairs	Youth Squad 1	2x Jr National Champions ('23, '24), Jr Nationals Silver ('25), 2x Jr Worlds participants
Katalin Janne Salatzki	06.11.2004	Pairs	Youth Squad 1	Sr Nationals silver ('24)
Theresia Dorothea Grünwald / Jason Jähnchen	12.09.2013 / 18.12.2009	Pairs	Youth Squad 2	Nv Nationals Bronze ('25)
Anni Jahnke / Tim Fünfer	29.09.2012 / 11.09.2007	Pairs	Youth Squad 2	Nv Nationals Silver ('25)
Sophie Krebs / Ilya Trofimov	24.10.2011 / 20.11.2007	Pairs	Youth Squad 2	2x Nv National Champions ('24, '25)
Enikö Kobor / Zoard Kobor	26.11.2008 / 26.11.2008	Ice Dance	Youth Squad 1	2x Nv National Champions ('23, '24), 4th Jr Nationals ('25)
Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber	27.03.2007 / 04.07.2005	Ice Dance	Youth Squad 1	2x Nv National Champions ('20, '22), Jr Nationals Silver ('25), 2x Jr Nationals Bronze ('23, '24)
Lilia Schubert / Nikita Remeshevskiy	30.10.2004 / 04.08.2003	Ice Dance	Youth Squad 1	Jr Nationals Silver ('24), Jr Nationals Bronze ('25), Jr Worlds participants
Nelly Elisa Hemcke / Artyom Sladkov	29.04.2009 / 23.10.2006	Ice Dance	Youth Squad 2	5th Jr Nationals ('25)
Warunya Katharina Salenbauch / Paiboon Hermann Salenbauch	27.10.2010 / 03.10.2009	Ice Dance	Youth Squad 2	Nv National Champions ('25)

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Grand Prix Assignments

	#3 Skate Canada	#4 NHK Trophy	#5 Skate America	#6 Finlandia Trophy
Pairs	Minerva Hase / Nikita Volodin	-	Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel	Minerva Hase / Nikita Volodin
Ice Dance	Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan	Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan	-	-

Challenger Series Assignments

	#4 Lombardia Trophy	#5 Nebelhorn Trophy	#6 Nepela Memorial	#8 Trialeti Trophy	#9 PGE Warsaw Cup	#10 Tallinn Trophy	#11 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Women	Ina Jungmann	Anna Grekul Ina Jungmann	-
Men	-	Luca Fünfer Kai Jagoda Arthur Mai	Nikita Starostin
Pairs	(-)	Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster Minerva Hase / Nikita Volodin Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel	-			-
Ice Dance	Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers	Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter Lilia Schubert / Nikita Remeshevskiy	Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers

Junior Grand Prix Assignments

	#1 Riga	#2 Ankara	#3 Varese	#4 Bangkok	#5 Baku	#6 Gdansk	#7 Abu Dhabi
Women	Anna Gerke	-	Diana Ziesecke	-	-	-	Sophie Erhardt Anna Gerke
Men	Genrikh Gartung	Robert Wildt	Leon Rojkov	Michelangelo Caprano	Felix Zeng	Genrikh Gartung	Soner Öztürk
Pairs	Sonja Löwenherz / Robert Löwenherz	Sophie Krebs / Ilia Trofymov	-	-	-	Anfisa Sevastianova / Lukas Gneiding	-
Ice Dance	Eniko Kobor / Zoard Kobor Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber	Nelly Elisa Hemcke / Artyom Sladkov	Eniko Kobor / Zoard Kobor Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber	-	Nelly Elisa Hemcke / Artyom Sladkov	Sophia Edler / Jonathan Hörmann*	Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber

*Assignment only after another monitoring session

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Notable events in Germany

Dates	Events	Event Type
2025/07/24-27	Junioren-Qualifikationstestlaufen	Test Skates
2025/08/14-17	Senioren-Qualifikationstestlaufen	Test Skates
2025/09/25-27	CS Nebelhorn Trophy	International
2025/10/02-04	Zwingerpokal	Regional
2025/10/11-12	Ruhr Cup	Regional
2025/10/23-26	Westfalencup	Regional
2025/11/07-09	Großer Berliner Bär	Regional
2025/11/08-09	Eisemann-Pokal	Regional
2025/11/13-16	NRW Trophy	International
2025/11/21-22	8. Diezer Lahn Pokal	Regional
2025/11/21-22	Bayerische Nachwuchsmeisterschaften	State Championships
2025/11/21-23	Offene Thüringer Meisterschaften	State Championships
2025/11/29-30	Niederrheinpokal	Regional
2025/11/29-30	Straußpokal	Regional
2025/12/08-13	Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen (Senioren, Junioren & Jugend)	National Championships
2026/01/16-18	Offene Sächsische Meisterschaften	State Championships
2026/01/23-25	Wiehl Pokal	Regional
2026/01/23-25	Offene Berliner Meisterschaften	State Championships
2026/01/24-25	Baden-Württembergische Meisterschaften	State Championships
2026/01/27-2026/02/01	Bayerische Meisterschaft	State Championships
2026/01/27-2026/02/01	Bavarian Open	International
2026/01/30-2026/02/01	Ina-Bauer-Pokal	Regional
2026/02/05-08	Heiko-Fischer-Pokal	Regional
2026/02/13-15	Offene NRW Landesmeisterschaften	State Championships
2026/02/18-22	Skate Berlin International	International
2026/02/26-2026/03/01	Bayerische Jugendmeisterschaften + Allgäu-Cup	State Championships
2026/02/27-2026/03/01	10. Heiß auf Eis Pokal	Regional
2026/03/05-08	Deutschlandpokal	National Championships
2026/03/13-15	Kleiner Berliner Bär	Regional
2026/03/27-28	Rheinland-Pfälzische Landesmeisterschaft	State Championships
2026/03/27-29	SCC Pokal	Regional

Important links

• Federation
  • International Skating Union
  • German Skating Union
    • Baden-Württemberg
    • Bayern
    • Berlin
    • Nordrhein-Westfalen
    • Sachsen
• Results
  • DEU-S Database
  • SkatingScores Database
  • Rink Results Database
• Others
  • Ice Partner Search
  • Eislauffotos
  • Paarlauf-Fanclub

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Skaters looking for partners

• Aliyah Ackermann - Pairs - 19.05.2008
• Eva Mara Balduzzi - Ice Dance - 20.07.2005
• Kira Frisch - Ice Dance - 26.02.2001
• Tobija Harms - Pairs - 23.06.2002
• Yara Illig - Ice Dance - 17.09.2008
• Linus Mager - Pairs - 08.07.2004
• Mia Lee Mayer - Ice Dance - 09.05.2008
• Marie Reigle - Pairs - 18.01.2009
• Vinaya Röhrl - Ice Dance - 07.02.2002
• Lukas Röseler - Pairs - 15.04.2002
• Michail Savitskiy - Ice Dance - 01.07.2003
• Hannah Schröter - Ice Dance - 05.03.2005

New partnerships

• Darya Grimm / Grigorii Rodin - Ice Dance - 13.11.2006 / 19.10.2005
• Frida Wilhelmine Herrmann / Hugo Willi Herrmann - Pairs - 13.12.2010 / 05.01.2008
• Anfisa Sevastianova / Lukas Gneiding - Pairs - 09.04.2006 / 23.06.2003
• Mia Lee Mayer / Atl Teohua Ernesto Ongay-Perez - Ice Dance - 09.05.2008 / 18.03.2007

 

[FlossieH]

What do Hocke/Kunkel and van Rensburg/Steffan need to do to become eligible for the Olympic squad? They have qualified the Olympic spots for Germany, and it seems a shame for them to be wasted.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

JGP Qualification

• Junior Test Skates are being held in two weeks, from the 24 of July to the 27th in Dortmund. Attendance is mandatory, exceptions can be made for extenuating circumstances like illness, in which case skaters have to attend Senior Test Skates (14 - 17 August in Oberstdorf)
• Skaters, who placed in the top 8 at Jr Worlds (only Genrikh this season), are entitled to two JGP spots without having to attend Test Skates, the other spots are distributed based on the results of the Junior Test Skates.
• Men
  • Top 4 at Test Skates get one JGP assignment each, last JGP spot goes to highest-scoring skater at their JGP event
• Women
  • Top 2 get one assignment each, third spot goes to either the third-placed skater at Test Skates, or either of the top 2 get a second assignment if they place in the top 10 at their first JGP
• Pairs
  • No information about the selection procedure given
• Ice Dance
  • Top 3 get to choose two assignments each, 4th and 5th get one assignment each, as long as they scored above 112 points. If they score 112 or place in the first half of the field at their first JGP, the 4th and 5th placed teams get a second assignment.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

What do Hocke/Kunkel and van Rensburg/Steffan need to do to become eligible for the Olympic squad? They have qualified the Olympic spots for Germany, and it seems a shame for them to be wasted.

The Olympic squad tier in the National team is not the same as the Olympic team that will be chosen after Nationals in December.

These tiers are just a way of sorting skaters by how much "potential" they have, and Germany will send skaters in lower tiers if they are the best option available. Hocke/Kunkel, for example, were in the Olympic squad tier last season based on their European Champs medal, but dropped one tier down, while Hase/Volodin can't be officially chosen for the Olympic yet, as Nikita doesn't have citizenship at this point.

 

[FlossieH]

The Olympic squad tier in the National team is not the same as the Olympic team that will be chosen after Nationals in December.

These tiers are just a way of sorting skaters by how much "potential" they have, and Germany will send skaters in lower tiers if they are the best option available. Hocke/Kunkel, for example, were in the Olympic squad tier last season based on their European Champs medal, but dropped one tier down, while Hase/Volodin can't be officially chosen for the Olympic yet, as Nikita doesn't have citizenship at this point.

I will be really sad if Hase/Volodin can't go to the Olympics. Really hope the citizenship gets sorted soon.

 

[FlossieH]

JGP Qualification

• Junior Test Skates are being held in two weeks, from the 24 of July to the 27th in Dortmund. Attendance is mandatory, exceptions can be made for extenuating circumstances like illness, in which case skaters have to attend Senior Test Skates (14 - 17 August in Oberstdorf)
• Skaters, who placed in the top 8 at Jr Worlds (only Genrikh this season), are entitled to two JGP spots without having to attend Test Skates, the other spots are distributed based on the results of the Junior Test Skates.
  • Top 4 at Test Skates get one JGP assignment each, last JGP spot goes to highest scoring skater at their JGP event

Are any pairs other than the Loewenherz siblings junior eligible?

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Are any pairs other than the Loewenherz siblings junior eligible?

Yes, Krebs/Trofymov just turned Jr eligible, and Sevastianova/Gneidig are in their last season of Jr eligibility. If the Herrmann sibs are actually doing Pairs and weren't just playing around at the Pairs seminar in April (which I think is likely, they also attended a different seminar in Berlin last week), they would also be Jr eligible.

 

[annie_cy]

This feels like the long wait until Massot got his citizenship all over again. They ended up winning gold. Can we hope for the same?

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Off-season also means interview season, so I'm bringing you two new ones here:

Annika Hocke & Robert Kunkel about training in the summer, developing new programs, and their plans for the next season (in German):
Link

Genrikh Gartung on German citizenship, his new programs, plans for next season, and the differences between Moscow and Oberstdorf (in Russian):
Link

 

[Jumping_Bean]

• Darya Grimm / Grigorii Rodin? - Ice Dance - 13.11.2006 / 19.10.2005

Well, both Darya and Grigorii just reposted this picture on their IG stories, so I guess this is as much confirmation as we are going to get right now. I am guessing we'll know more after Test Skates.




In other ice dance news, it's possible that Jenny & Benny will get a second GP assignment, with one spot at NHK Trophy opening up after Azusa's retirement. Technically, it's a host spot, so JSF could give it to a different Japanese ice dance team, but they already returned their third host spot, so they might not. As the USA is maxed out at NHK, the Browns would have to be skipped, so Jenny and Benny would be the first to be eligible on the replacement list.

 

[SubRosa]

Thank you for putting this together, it is a valuable resource!

I'm looking forward to seeing how the junior pairs JGP spots get allocated. Feels like Germany is in a bit of a rut right now as far as junior pairs goes, but maybe some promising novices moving up in the next quadrennium.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Thank you for putting this together, it is a valuable resource!

No problem, I have to admit, among other reasons, I also did this to procrastinate, so it was not completely selfless.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the junior pairs JGP spots get allocated. Feels like Germany is in a bit of a rut right now as far as junior pairs goes, but maybe some promising novices moving up in the next quadrennium.

The three new Junior teams all have very different strengths, from what I can tell.

The Herrmann siblings have the strongest singles background, so they are likely to have the best/most difficult side-by-side jumps, but they are very new to pairs, so the pairs elements like lifts and twists will likely still be in early developmental stages.

Krebs/Trofymov are very experienced in pairs for such a young team, very strong lifts and general polish as a pair, but their sbs jumps will limit them at this current stage.

Sevastianova/Gneiding are somewhere in between, I'm guessing. Lukas is very experienced in pairs, with Anfisa having some limited experience. They have double Axels, and seem to be training 3S, but we won't really know their form until later in the season.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Annika Hocke celebrated her 25th birthday yesterday - Happy belated birthday to her
For her birthday, a small interview was released:



Some things that Anni has talked about before, some new things, and some interesting insights into this past season and her plans for the future.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

I somehow just got a feeling to check on the state federations, and the Bavarian fed is throwing me for another loop here - again.

Because I need someone to confirm that that is indeed Atl Ongay-Perez's name staring at me from this document: Click
I knew Mia had been in the UK recently, attending a BIS ice dance seminar, but I thought it would be her making the jump to a new country, not her bringing back Atl of all people??

Good that Germany has 14 JGP spots, seems like they might be needed. Edit: Forgot that Ashlie and Atl competed at the last JGP last season, so he won't be able to compete internationally until after the JGPs are over.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Wow! That would be crazy!

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I somehow just got a feeling to check on the state federations, and the Bavarian fed is throwing me for another loop here - again.

Because I need someone to confirm that that is indeed Atl Ongay-Perez's name staring at me from this document: Click
I knew Mia had been in the UK recently, attending a BIS ice dance seminar, but I thought it would be her making the jump to a new country, not her bringing back Atl of all people??

Good that Germany has 14 JGP spots, seems like they might be needed. Edit: Forgot that Ashlie and Atl competed at the last JGP last season, so he won't be able to compete internationally until after the JGPs are over.

Wow! That would be crazy!

It's not actually that crazy an idea. And it is probably a good move if they have Olympic ambitions. Atl's mother is German, so if he doesn't already have a German passport, it shouldn't be too hard for him to get one.

CaroLiza_fan