Annika Hocke & Robert Kunkel

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Annika Hocke (born 16 July 2000) and Robert Kunkel (born 28 April 1999) are a pairs team representing Germany. They teamed up in 2019.

At the senior level, they are the 2023 European bronze medalists, the 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalists and at their first World Championships together (2021), the placed 13th, earning a spot for Germany at the Olympics.

At the junior level, the team qualified for the 2019-20 Junior Grand Prix Final and won 2 bronze medals on the JGP circuit.

Biographical Information:

• Official ISU Bio
• Annika's Wikipedia
• Robert's Wikipedia
• Golden Skate Media Profile
• Annika's Instagram

ISU Personal Bests
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_pb_00107818.htm​

Personal Best Total Score	198.23	21.03.2024	ISU World Championships 2024
Personal Best Score Short Program	69.13	22.09.2022	ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2022
Personal Best Score Free Skating	130.59	21.03.2024	ISU World Championships 2024

Programs and Videos

Programs and Videos​

2025-2026
SP: Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga
FS: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) by Meatloaf

2024-2025
SP: I Love Rock n Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Black Betty by Ram Jam
FS: Falco (Rock Me Amadeus, Out Of The Dark, Jeanny)

2023-2024
SP: I Love Rock n Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts; Voulez-Vous by Philip Michael, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters & Stellan Skarsgård
FS: Without You (Extended) by Ursine Vulpine & Annaca

2022-2023
SP: Lay All Your Love On Me by Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfield; Voulez-Vous by Philip Michael, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters & Stellan Skarsgård
FS: Without You (extended) by Ursine Vulpine, Annaca

2021-2022
SP: Lay All Your Love On Me by ABBA; Voulez-Vous by ABBA
FS: The Other Side by Ruelle

2020-2021
SP: "Shout" performed by Zayde Wolf; choreo. by Aljona Savchenko and Joti Polizoakis
FS: "The Other Side" by Ruelle; choreo. by Catherine Papadakis

2021 World Championships
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1I5JxFkpbY

2020 NRW Trophy
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccovBbb-5dc

2019-2020
SP: "Wasting My Young Years" by London Grammar; choreo by C. Papadakis, D. Savin, F. Schaerer
FS: "Do You Love Me" by The Contours; Cry to Me by Solomon Burke; "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris; choreo by C. Papadakis, D. Savin, F. Schaerer

2020 Junior Worlds Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qX1TLHbZ4k
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2e3hS4u18s

2020 Bavarian Open
SP: no video found
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqK0x36ivI

2020 European Championships
SP: Blocked in US, CAN, KOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5JTSQuY1c
Whole SP(German) https://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/pla...ViNjI5LWM5ZmItNDlkYi1iYzlkLTk2NjdiODMxYTY0Ng/
FS: no video found
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvXWcEuetjE

2019-20 JGPF
Gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPyjH9Dx6I
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeriJ_0OtV4

2019 Warsaw Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A32hOVa2r4A
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI6s0-DRE0U

2019 JGP Zagreb
SP: https://youtu.be/Xx6vk-7diis
FS: https://youtu.be/O36zu4ppl4s

2019 JGP Gdansk
SP: https://youtu.be/m8yv4z0cuR0
FS: https://youtu.be/5_2b_JMMVuw

Results

Competitive History​

Competition	Total
Season 2025-2026
2026 World Championships	7
2026 Winter Olympics	10
2026 European Championships	4
2025 German Nationals	2
2025 Skate America	5
2025 Cup of China	7
2025 Nebelhorn Trophy	8
Season 2024-2025
2025 World Championships	18
2025 European Championships	8
2024 NHK Trophy	4
2024 Lombardia Trophy	5
Season 2023-2024
2024 World Championships	5
2024 European Championships	7
2023 Cup of China	4
2023 Skate America	1
2023 Shanghai Trophy	2
2023 Nebelhorn Trophy	3
2023 Lombardia Trophy	3
Season 2022-2023
2023 World Championships	9 (184.60)
2023 European Championships	3 (184.26)
2023 German Nationals	1 (193.88)
2022 NHK Trophy	WD
2022 Grand Prix de France	3 (179.73)
2022 Finlandia Trophy	1 (180.62)
2022 Nebelhorn Trophy	3 (184.47)
Season 2021-2022
2022 European Championships	13 (156.91)
Gran Premio d Italia 2021	WD
Finlandia Trophy 2021	11 (138.82)
Nebelhorn Trophy 2021	4 (168.21)
Season 2020-2021
2021 World Championships	13 (162.81)
2021 Challenge Cup	2 (177.23)
2020 NRW Trophy	1 (180.48)
2020 Nebelhorn Trophy	2 (154.26)
Season 2019-2020
2020 World Junior Championships	4 (167.15)
2020 Bavarian Open	2 (176.63)
2020 European Championships	7 (166.10)
2020 German Championships	2 (176.70)
2019-20 Junior Grand Prix Final	6 (159.22)
2019 Warsaw Cup	6 (153.47)
JGP Zagreb 2019	3 (156.31)
JGP Gdansk 2019	3 (156.20)

Articles, Interviews and Other Media

Interviews, Articles, and Other Media
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April 2020 - "Germany’s Hocke and Kunkel aim high after successful season debut"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2020/04...unkel-aim-high-after-successful-season-debut/

A very nice interview with them, 27 March 2020:
https://www.picuki.com/media/2273425400080295451
And a translation
https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/german-skating-season-2020-21.107035/post-5785027

 

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Congratulations to the team for making the JGPF in their first season together.

 

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A very nice interview with them,

https://www.picuki.com/media/2273425400080295451

And a translation
https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/german-skating-season-2020-21.107035/post-5785027

 

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I just wanted to give @Weathergal a big thank you for adding links to their Media profile!

 

[ladyjane]

A nice interview, which presumably was done just after Nebelhorn Trophy: http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2021hockekunkel

 

[ladyjane]

Annika and Robert won the silver medal today at Challenge Cup. Total score 177.23 points (60.75 SP, 116.48 FS). I expected them to score a bit higher in the FS because they executed their programme well - just a hand down on the throw 3F and a wonderfully landed throw 3Loop, some great lifts (but their 3li only got a level 2, and their triple twist a level 1) and great overall image. I also noticed how happy Annika looked during the skating. She really seems to enjoy herself. Robert has a rather stoic expression all the way through, and he definitely gets the job done! They seemed to be pleased with the skate in itself, not so much with the points even if they turned out to be second and silver medallists (and there's certainly no shame in ending up behind Tarasova and Morosov!).

 

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Congratulations to Annika and Robert for winning Skate America!

 

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