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Robert Kunkel (born 28 April 1999) is a German pair skater. With Annika Hocke, he is the 2020 Bavarian Open silver medalist and 2019 German national silver medalist.

Robert Kunkel
Hocke/Kunkel at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 23) Berlin, Germany
Home town	Berlin
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner	Annika Hocke
Former partner	Talisa Thomalla
Coach	Rico Rex, Knut Schubert, Aljona Savchenko, Dmitri Savin, Alexander König,
Former coach	Romy Österreich
Choreographer	Aljona Savchenko, Joti Polizoakis, Catherine Papadakis
Former choreographer	Dmitri Savin, Stefano Caruso
Skating club	SCC
Training locations	Berlin
Began skating	2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	184.47 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program	69.13 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skate	117.04 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy

With his former skating partner, Talisa Thomalla, he competed at three World Junior Championships, placing 12th in 2017, 7th in 2018, and 12th in 2019.

Partnership with Hocke

2019–20 season

Kunkel formed a partnership with Annika Hocke shortly after the dissolution of her pairing with Ruben Blommaert. Despite Hocke having previous attended the Olympics, the two were still age-eligible for international junior competitions, and so began on the Junior Grand Prix, where they won two bronze medals at JGP Croatia and JGP Poland, and were the only non-Russian team to qualify to the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed sixth.[1] On the senior leve, Hocke/Kunkel debuted at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, placing sixth, and then won silver medals at the German nationals championships and the 2020 Bavarian Open. They were seventh at the 2020 European Championships.[2]

Hocke/Kunkel concluded the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they placed fourth and won a small bronze medal for a third-place finish in the free skate; only Kunkel invalidating their pair spin element by putting both feet down kept them from winning the overall bronze medal. Despite this, Hocke remarked "our first and last Junior World Championships — it was amazing!"[3] They had been scheduled to make their senior World Championship debut in Montreal, but the Championships were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

2020–21 season

With the pandemic continuing to affect events, Hocke/Kunkel made their season debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, which featured only pairs training in Europe.[5] They were second in the short program, behind countrymen Hase/Seegert, who subsequently had to withdraw because of injury. They were overtaken in the free skate by Italian team Ghilardi/Ambrosini, and won the silver medal.[6]

Hocke/Kunkel were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic.[7]

Initially, both Hocke/Kunkel and Hase/Seegert were assigned to represent Germany at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, but Hase/Seegert were forced to withdraw after Hase sustained a leg injury, leaving Hocke/Kunkel as the lone representative.[8] They placed thirteenth in their Worlds debut.[9]

2021–22 season

Hocke/Kunkel began the season at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where they placed fourth. Hocke said afterward she was pleased with their performancei in light of multiple disruptions to their summer training caused by injury and illness.[10] They went on to place eleventh at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.[11]

Initially assigned to the 2021 Cup of China on the Grand Prix, Hocke/Kunkel were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia following the former event's cancellation.[12] They placed eighth in the short program, and then withdrew due to medical reasons.[13] In the new year, they finished thirteenth at the 2022 European Championships.[11]

2022–23 season

Beginning the season at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Hocke/Kunkel won the bronze medal.[11]

Programs

With Hocke

Season	Short program	Free skating
2022–2023 [14]	Lay All Your Love On Me Voulez-Vous by ABBA choreo. by Anna Cappellini, Luca Lanotte and Joti Polizoakis	Without You by Ursine Vulpine, Annaca choreo. by Anna Cappellini, Luca Lanotte
2021–2022 [15]	Lay All Your Love On Me Voulez-Vous by ABBA choreo. by Anna Cappellini, Luca Lanotte and Joti Polizoakis	The Other Side by Ruelle choreo. by Catherine Papadakis
2020–2021 [16]	Shout performed by Zayde Wolf choreo. by Aljona Savchenko and Joti Polizoakis	The Other Side by Ruelle choreo. by Catherine Papadakis
2019–2020 [17]	Wasting My Young Years by London Grammar	Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) by The Contours Cry to Me by Solomon Burke Wipe Out by The Surfaris

With Thomalla

Season	Short program	Free skating
2018–2019 [18]	Shatter Me by Lindsey Stirling Transcendence by Lindsey Stirling	Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley Don't by Elvis Presley Hard Headed Woman by Elvis Presley choreo. by Stefano Caruso, Dmitri Savin
2017–2018 [19]	Petite Fleur by Sidney Bechet performed by Henri René and his Orchestra Booty Swing by Parov Stelar	Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley Don't by Elvis Presley Hard Headed Woman by Elvis Presley choreo. by Stefano Caruso, Dmitri Savin
2016–2017 [20]	Petite Fleur by Sidney Bechet performed by Henri René and his Orchestra Booty Swing by Parov Stelar choreo. by Paul Boll	Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones Andalucia by Ernesto Lecuona performed by Pink Martini choreo. by Paul Boll

Competition results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Hocke

International[11]
Event	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Worlds	C	13th
Europeans	7th		13th
GP Cup of China			C
GP France		C		TBD
GP Italy			WD
GP NHK Trophy				TBD
GP Rostelecom Cup			WD
CS Finlandia			11th	1st
CS Nebelhorn		2nd	4th	3rd
CS Warsaw Cup	6th
Bavarian Open	2nd
Challenge Cup		2nd
NRW Trophy		1st
International: Junior[11]
Junior Worlds	4th
JGP Final	6th
JGP Croatia	3rd
JGP Poland	3rd
National[11]
German Champ.	2nd	WD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Pairs with Thomalla

International: Junior[21]
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19
Junior Worlds			12th	7th	12th
JGP Austria					9th
JGP Belarus				10th
JGP Estonia			13th
JGP Germany			16th
JGP Poland				8th
Bavarian Open			5th		4th
Cup of Tyrol			1st
NRW Trophy			1st
Volvo Open Cup			4th
International: Advanced novice
Bavarian Open		1st
NRW Trophy		1st
National[21]
Germany	1st N	1st N	1st J		1st J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Men's singles

International[22]
Event	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
Bavarian Open			8th N			15th J
Coupe du Printemps			9th N
NRW Trophy				11th N
Challenge Cup		5th D
National[22]
German Champ.	4th N1	3rd N1	4th N2	7th N2	6th J	7th J
Levels: D = Debs; N1= Novice Under-13; N2= Novice Under-15; N = Advanced novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Hocke

Senior results

2022–2023 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
October 4–9, 2022	2022 CS Finlandia Trophy	1 63.58	1 117.04	1 180.62
September 21–24, 2022	2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	1 69.13	3 115.34	3 184.47
2021–2022 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	13 55.17	13 101.74	13 156.91
November 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	8 49.16	WD	WD
October 7–10, 2021	2021 CS Finlandia Trophy	11 47.72	11 91.10	11 138.82
September 22–25, 2021	2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	5 59.11	5 109.10	4 168.21
2020–2021 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	13 57.48	14 105.33	13 162.81
February 26–28, 2021	2021 International Challenge Cup	2 60.75	2 116.48	2 177.23
November 26–29, 2020	2021 NRW Trophy	2 64.41	1 116.07	1 180.48
September 23–26, 2020	2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	2 60.55	2 93.71	2 154.26
2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
3–9 February 2020	2020 Bavarian Open	3 61.58	2 115.05	2 176.63
20–26 January 2020	2020 European Championships	7 58.43	7 107.67	7 166.10
1–3 January 2020	2020 German Championships	2 63.52	2 113.18	2 176.70
14–17 November 2019	2019 CS Warsaw Cup	3 58.05	9 95.42	6 153.47

Junior results

2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
2–8 March 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	4 63.57	3 103.58	4 167.15
5–8 December 2019	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	6 59.47	6 99.75	6 159.22
25–28 September 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	3 60.74	3 95.57	3 156.31
18–21 September 2019	2019 JGP Poland	3 58.04	5 98.16	3 156.20

References

External links

• Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel at the International Skating Union
• Talisa Thomalla / Robert Kunkel at the International Skating Union

На других языках

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[de] Robert Kunkel

Robert Kunkel (* 28. April 1999 in Berlin) ist ein deutscher Eiskunstläufer, der im Paarlauf startet.

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- [en] Robert Kunkel

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