Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Encyclopedia
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (born January 28, 1942 in Dachau
, Bavaria
, Germany
) is a German pair skater
, actor
, singer and television host.
with his skating partner Marika Kilius
. Between 1958 and 1964 they won the German nationals four times, they became six times European champion and twice World champion in pair skating
. Their coach was Erich Zeller
.
At the Olympic Winter Games 1960
and 1964
they won the silver medal. They were stripped of the 1964 silver medal in 1966. They were alleged to have signed a professional skating contract prior to the 1964 Winter Olympics. They were rehabilitated in 1987 by the IOC
, the original result stood and they got their silver medals back again.
In 1964 they turned professional and skated in the Vienna Ice Revue
and later at Holiday on Ice
.
Also, after their amateur figure skating career both became singers of German Schlager
s (German version of pop songs). In the mid-1960s
they recorded some songs together. Hans-Jürgen Bäumler had also some songs as a solo singer. Bäumler's greatest success was the song "Wunderschönes fremdes Mädchen". The most successful songs of the duo Kilius/Bäumler were "Wenn die Cowboys träumen" ("When Cowboys Dream") and "Honeymoon in St. Tropez" (both 1964).
From 1964 Hans-Jürgen Bäumler has also worked as an actor. Apart from some movies, the Eisoperette ("Ice Operetta") became famous. In 1969 he had a main role in Im weißen Rössel and in 1970 in Maske in Blau
(Mask in Blue), both operettas. He was also successful in the TV series Salto Mortale. In the mid-1970s
he hosted several quiz shows, among others Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (The apple does not fall far from the trunk), Das waren Hits (These were hits) and Was wäre wenn (What If) on ZDF
(a public German TV-channel). Between 1990 and 1993 he worked for RTL
(a private German TV-channel). The name of the show was Riskant (Risky. a Germany version of Jeopardy!
). Later he was also seen as a theater actor.
Since 1974 he has been married to Marina, a teacher. The couple has two sons, Christoph and Bastian. They live today in the south of France in Nice
.
(pairs with Marika Kilius
)
Dachau
Dachau is a town in Upper Bavaria, in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt—of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 km north-west of Munich. It is now a popular residential area for people working in Munich with roughly 40,000 inhabitants...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) is a German pair skater
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...
, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, singer and television host.
Biography
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler became famous in pair skatingPair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...
with his skating partner Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pair skating....
. Between 1958 and 1964 they won the German nationals four times, they became six times European champion and twice World champion in pair skating
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...
. Their coach was Erich Zeller
Erich Zeller
Erich Zeller was a German figure skater and figure skating coach....
.
At the Olympic Winter Games 1960
1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...
and 1964
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...
they won the silver medal. They were stripped of the 1964 silver medal in 1966. They were alleged to have signed a professional skating contract prior to the 1964 Winter Olympics. They were rehabilitated in 1987 by the IOC
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
, the original result stood and they got their silver medals back again.
In 1964 they turned professional and skated in the Vienna Ice Revue
Vienna Ice Revue
The Vienna Ice Revue was an internationally highly successful ice show based upon Austria's great figure-skating tradition, presenting a large number of world-class figure skaters mainly from Vienna from 1945 to 1971. Representing a Viennese style, the Vienna Ice Revue was different from the...
and later at Holiday on Ice
Holiday on Ice
Holiday on Ice is an ice show currently produced by Joop van den Ende's Stage Entertainment Group with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
.
Also, after their amateur figure skating career both became singers of German Schlager
Schlager
Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...
s (German version of pop songs). In the mid-1960s
1960s
The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...
they recorded some songs together. Hans-Jürgen Bäumler had also some songs as a solo singer. Bäumler's greatest success was the song "Wunderschönes fremdes Mädchen". The most successful songs of the duo Kilius/Bäumler were "Wenn die Cowboys träumen" ("When Cowboys Dream") and "Honeymoon in St. Tropez" (both 1964).
From 1964 Hans-Jürgen Bäumler has also worked as an actor. Apart from some movies, the Eisoperette ("Ice Operetta") became famous. In 1969 he had a main role in Im weißen Rössel and in 1970 in Maske in Blau
Maske in Blau
Maske in Blau is a grand operetta in two parts with music by Fred Raymond to a libretto by Heinz Hentschke and Günther Schwenn. The work had its premiere under Werner Schmidt-Boelke on 27 September 1937 at the Metropol Theater in Berlin...
(Mask in Blue), both operettas. He was also successful in the TV series Salto Mortale. In the mid-1970s
1970s
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he hosted several quiz shows, among others Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (The apple does not fall far from the trunk), Das waren Hits (These were hits) and Was wäre wenn (What If) on ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
(a public German TV-channel). Between 1990 and 1993 he worked for RTL
RTL Television
Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
(a private German TV-channel). The name of the show was Riskant (Risky. a Germany version of Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
). Later he was also seen as a theater actor.
Since 1974 he has been married to Marina, a teacher. The couple has two sons, Christoph and Bastian. They live today in the south of France in Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
.
Schlager (German hits)
- "Wenn die Cowboys träumen" 1964 (with Marika Kilius)
- "Honeymoon in St. Tropez" 1964 (with Marika Kilius)
- "Wunderschönes fremdes Mädchen" 1964
- "Sorry little Baby" 1964
Filmography
- 1964: Die große Kür (The great free program)
- 1965: Die Liebesquelle (The love source)
- 1965: Ruf der Wälder (Call of the woods)
- 1966: Happy End am Wolfgangsee (Happy End at the Lake Wolfgang)
- 1966: Das sündige Dorf (The sinful village)
- 1967: Das große Glück (The great happiness)
- 1967: Paradies der flotten Sünder (Paradies of perky sinners)
- 1970: Hurra, unsere Eltern sind nicht da (Hooray, our parents are not here)
- 1971: Verliebte Ferien in Tirol (Lovely holidays in Tirol)
- 1972: Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle (The comic Four from the petrol station)
- 1973: Sonja schafft die Wirklichkeit ab oder ... ein unheimlich starker Abgang (Sonja abolishes reality or ... A weird strong leave)
Results
(mens singles)| Event | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion... |
12th | 14th | |||
| European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion... |
14th | 6th | 8th | ||
| German Championships German Figure Skating Championships The German Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Germany. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.... |
4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd |
(pairs with Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pair skating....
)
| Event | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating... |
2nd | 2nd | |||||
| World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion... |
6th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||
| European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion... |
5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| German Championships German Figure Skating Championships The German Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Germany. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.... |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |