Jennifer Goolsbee
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| Jennifer Goolsbee | |
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 Schamberger at the 1992 German Championships in Berlin | |
| Other names | Jennifer Goolsbee-Schneble |
| Born | September 6, 1968 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Germany United States |
| Skating club | RSC Essen |
| Began skating | 1975 |
| Retired | 1997 |
Jennifer Goolsbee (born September 6, 1968) is a former competitive ice dancer who is best known for her partnership with Hendryk Schamberger for Germany. With Schamberger, she is a four-time German national champion and placed ninth at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Career
[edit]Early in her career, Goolsby, along with Peter Chupa, James Schilling and Shawn Rettstatt, took turns playing for the United States.
In 1990, Goolsbee teamed up with German ice dancer Hendryk Schamberger to compete for Germany. They were coached by Martin Skotnicky in Oberstdorf. They won the German national title four times and competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, placing ninth.[1] Goolsbee/Schamberger finished as high as seventh at the World Championships (1994) and eighth at the European Championships (1995). They parted ways in 1995.
Goolsbee later had a brief partnership with Armenian ice dancer Samuel Gezalian. They won the German title in 1997.[2]
Goolsbee and Schamberger teamed up again in 1997 to skate in shows.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Goolsbee received German citizenship in December 1993.[1] She moved back to the United States in 1998.[4] In 2001, she married former ice dancer Kyle Schneble, with whom she has a daughter, Jordyn, and son, Rush.[4]
Competitive highlights
[edit]With Gezalian
[edit]| Results[2] | |
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| National | |
| Event | 1997 |
| German Championships | 1st |
With Schamberger
[edit]| International | |||||
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| Event | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 |
| Olympics | 9th | ||||
| Worlds | 17th | 11th | 12th | 7th | 11th |
| Europeans | 11th | 10th | 10th | 9th | 8th |
| Nations Cup | 3rd | ||||
| Skate Canada | 7th | ||||
| National | |||||
| German Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
With Schilling
[edit]| National | |
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| Event | 1989 |
| U.S. Championships | 13th |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jennifer Goolsbee". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26.
- ^ a b "GOOLSBEE Jennifer / GEZALIAN Samvel". sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03.
- ^ "Jennifer Goolsbee & Hendryk Schamberger". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.
- ^ a b "Jennifer Goolsbee-Schneble". ice-dance.com. February 1, 2006. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014.
- German female ice dancers
- 1968 births
- Olympic figure skaters for Germany
- Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Figure skaters from Detroit
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- American female ice dancers
- American emigrants to Germany
- American expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Naturalised sports competitors