Hendryk Schamberger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHendryk•Schamberger
Used nameHendryk•Schamberger
Born11 May 1968 in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)
Measurements170 cm / 72 kg
AffiliationsEssener Roll- und Schlittschuh-Club 1934
NOC Germany

Biography

German figure skater Hendryk Schamberger partnered Jennifer Goolsbee at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics and finished ninth in the ice dancing event. His parents Martha and Hans-Jürgen Schamberger were also ice dancers.

Schamberger participated at major international championships from 1986-95 with minor success, first with non-Olympian Andrea Weppelmann, and then later with Goolsbee. His best result was a seventh place at the 1994 World Championships with Goolsbee. From 1992-95 the pair also won the German national title. Schamberger had previously won the national title with Weppelmann in 1989.

After his active career, Schamberger studied medicine and became a surgeon in a Berlin hospital. He also became an ice dancing coach at Berlin. In 2006, he partnered actress Liz Baffoe in the RTL television show “Dancing on Ice”.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1994 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) GER Hendryk Schamberger
Ice Dancing, Mixed (Olympic) Jennifer Goolsbee 9