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East German ice dancer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eberhard Rüger is a German former ice dancer who represented East Germany. With his skating partner, Annerose Baier, he became a three-time Blue Swords champion (1963, 1965, 1966), the 1968 Prize of Moscow News champion, and an eight-time East German national champion (1962, 1964–1970). They finished in the top ten at eight ISU Championships. Their best continental result, fourth, came at the 1970 European Championships in Leningrad, Soviet Union. They finished as high as sixth at the World Championships, in 1969 (Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States) and 1970 (Ljubljana, Yugoslavia).[1]
| Eberhard Rüger | |
|---|---|
 Rüger with Baier in 1964 | |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | East Germany |
| Partner | Annerose Baier |
| Skating club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| Retired | 1970 |
Baier/Rüger started their career at SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt. In 1963, they began representing SC Karl-Marx-Stadt.[2]
Rüger was married to German figure skater Gabriele Seyfert from 1972 to 1975.[3] Their daughter, Sheila, was born in 1974.[4]
With Baier
| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 | 69–70 |
| Worlds | 14th | 13th | 12th | 10th | 6th | 6th | |||
| Europeans | 11th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 4th | |||
| Blue Swords | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| Prague Skate | 4th | 5th | 3rd | ||||||
| Moscow News | 2nd | 4th | 1st | ||||||
| National[5] | |||||||||
| East Germany | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
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