1. Robin Szolkowy was born on 14 July 1979 and is a retired German pair skater.
13 Facts About Robin Szolkowy
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Savchenko and Szolkowy scored the first 10.0 ever given by a judge under the ISU Judging System.
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Robin Szolkowy's mother, a nurse, met his father, a Tanzanian medical doctor, when the latter was a student in Greifswald.
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Robin Szolkowy married Romy Born, who is originally from Zurich, on 1 August 2014 in Chemnitz.
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On 11 May 2015, it was announced that Born and Robin Szolkowy were expecting their first child together.
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Robin Szolkowy began skating in Erfurt in 1983 after his mother saw an advertisement for a new skating rink.
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In 1997, Robin Szolkowy began skating with Claudia Rauschenbach, daughter of 1980 Olympic gold medalist Anett Potzsch.
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In May 2003, Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy had a successful tryout in Chemnitz, Germany.
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Robin Szolkowy said that they no longer had to worry about finances.
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In July 2014, Robin Szolkowy teamed up with Swiss skater Myriam Leuenberger to perform in ice shows.
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In December 2014, Robin Szolkowy was elected to the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund.
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On 16 September 2015, Robin Szolkowy was unanimously elected president of Chemnitzer Eislauf-Club.
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In January 2019, Robin Szolkowy decided to move to the United States to coach at a rink in Irvine, California, beginning in April.