Reinhard Ketterer

Reinhard E. Ketterer
Reinhard Ketterer at the 2009 German Championships
Personal information
Full name	Reinhard E. Ketterer
Country represented	West Germany
Born	1948 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Former coach	Erich Zeller Sepp Schönmetzler Sr.

Reinhard E. Ketterer (born 1948 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a German retired competitive figure skater who competed for West Germany as a single skater and pair skater. As a single skater, he is the 1969 German national champion, and as a pair skater, he is the 1972 German bronze medalist with partner Gabriele Cieplik. He is still a figure skating coach.

Reinhard E. Ketterer started figure skating at the club SC Riessersee in 1956 after the 1956 World Figure Skating Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. His first coach was Sepp Schönmetzler Senior, the father of former German Champion Sepp Schönmetzler. Later Reinhard Ketterer was coached by Erich Zeller.

As a single skater, Ketterer won the 1969 German Figure Skating Championships. He switched to pair skating in 1968, inspired by Almut Lehmann. Lehmann & Ketterer won the novice bronze medal at the 1969 German Championships. In 1971 the pair Claudia Zander/Reinhard Ketterer won the junior gold medal at the German championships. Three years later, Ketterer won the bronze medal at the 1972 German Figure Skating Championships with partner Gabriele Cieplik.

He retired from competitive skating that year. He focused on his professional education and career. The following years he appeared in over 600 figure skating shows.

From 1972 to 1973, Ketterer studied at the German Sport University Cologne to become an independent teacher for sport. From 1974 to 1978, he passed the Abitur at the "Gymnasium and Kolleg Sankt Matthias" in Wolfratshausen. From 1979 to 1984, he studied teaching, specialising in sports and German language at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. From 1985 to 1988, he studied remotely at the Coach Academy Cologne.