Sepp Schönmetzler
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Sepp Schönmetzler
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| Country represented |
 Germany West Germany
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| Born |
September 24, 1944 Etzdorf, Saxony |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Former coach | Josef Schönmetzler |
| Skating club | SC Rießersee |
| Retired | 1965 |
Sepp Schönmetzler (born September 24, 1944 in Etzdorf, Saxony) is a German figure skater, coach, and journalist. He is the 1962 and 1965 German national champion and placed 12th at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He produces the German figure skating magazine Eissport-Magazin.
In 1963, Sepp Schönmetzler finished school and passed his Abitur in Oberstdorf.
In 1965, he was honored with honorary citizenship of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
Beginning in 1967, he studied photography at the Staatlichen Höheren Fachschule, in Cologne. He passed his degree in 1970 and became a Diplom-Engineer for technical-scientific photography. In 1976, he studied science of sport at the sport-college in Cologne (DSHS). He finished these studies in 1979 as a Diplom-sport-teacher.
In 1984 he did his PhD at the DSHS in sports-science in the fields biomechanics and general coaching and moving science (Bewegungslehre).
In 1979, Sepp Schönmetzler married Sabine Beier. The couple had two children. They divorced on January 31, 2002.
Sepp Schönmetzler began skating at age four. He represented the club SC Rießersee in national competition and was coached by his father, Josef Schönmetzler, a Diplom Sport-Teacher. His mother, Sonja Schönmetzler (nee Fuchs) was a sportswomen.
In addition to figure skating, Schönmetzler also competed in golf, tennis and shaolin temple boxing.
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