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Name
  
Denise Biellmann

Height
  
1.6 m


Retired
  
1981

Country represented
  
Switzerland


Born
  
December 11, 1962 (age 61) (
1962-12-11
)
Zurich, Switzerland

Coach
  
Heidi Biellmann(mother)

Similar People
  
Denise Richards, Sarah Meier, Katarina Witt, Stephane Lambiel, Irina Slutskaya

Denise biellmann 1981 world championships fs


Denise Biellmann (born December 11, 1962) is a Swiss professional figure skater. She was the European and World Champion in 1981 and won the Swiss Championships three times.

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Denise Biellmann smiling in a standing pose with blonde wavy hair, both hands on her pockets having flower tattoos on her left arm with mountains and sea in the background, wearing a see-through white tank top with sequins paired with black jeans and a black belt.

Denise biellmann sui 1980 lake placid ladies long program


Amateur career

Born in Zurich, Biellmann won her first international championship in Belgium at age eight, and at eleven, she won the Swiss junior figure skating championships. At 14, she competed at the 1977 European Championships and placed second in the free skating portion of the competition.

Denise Biellmann smiling and holding her pair of nude figure skates, is a Swiss figure skater. She has long and straight blonde hair with a hairband, a dangling earring on her right ear, and a ring finger, wearing a knitted white long sleeve folded on her wrist with a yellow detail on the arm.

At the age of 15, she was the first female skater to land the triple lutz in competition, which she performed for the first time at the 1978 European Championships. At the same event, she became the first woman to receive a 6.0 in technical merit, receiving the score from British judge Pauline Borrajo. She was 12th in figures, first in the free skate, and finished fourth overall.

Denise Biellmann does the Beillmann spin on the ice rink in the 2011 European Figure Skating Championships with people and a white barricade in the background, wearing a white see-through long-sleeve one-piece suit and brown figure skates.

At the 1980 Winter Olympics, she performed poorly in compulsory figures, but she won the free skating event and placed fourth overall.

Denise Biellmann smiling while doing a figure skating stunt with crossed legs and a left hand on her stomach while the other is at the back. She has blonde hair tied up neatly, wearing a pair of nude figure skates and a maroon see-through one-side off shoulder one-piece with patterns and sequins.

The Biellmann spin was named after her, although she did not invent the spin but popularized it. It was present in skating at least since the 1965 European Championships when Tamara Moskvina performed it. It remains the only figure skating spin to be officially named after a person in ISU regulations. Nevertheless, by the end of her ISU career, the spin was causing her back pain.

Denise Biellmann smiling with arms wide open, doing a figure skate stunt, is a Swiss figure skater. Her hair is neatly tied up, one leg crossed, wearing a pair of nude figure skates and a black and white one piece.

Biellmann retired from amateur competition at age 18, shortly after her win at the 1981 World Championships.

Professional career

Biellmann remains involved in the international figure skating community as a participant in both professional shows and competitions.

She participated in Pro7 Season 1, partnered with television presenter Pierre Geisensetter, and in Season 2, partnered with actor Patrick Bach.

She participated in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 representing Switzerland with partner Sven Ninnemann.

References

Denise Biellmann Wikipedia
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