Christina Beier (born June 9, 1984 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino born German former competitive ice dancer. She competed with her brother William Beier. She briefly stopped competing with her brother and competed with partner Tim Giesen for one season. Beier and Beier are four-time (2005–2006, 2008, 2010) German national champions.

Career The Beiers moved from the Philippines to Germany in 1990. Christina Beier began skating when she was seven. She was a singles skater for two years and then took up ice dancing with her brother William Beier. They were the 2005–2006 and 2008 and 2010 German national champions.

They did not compete in 2006/2007 season because Christina was suffering from a foot injury. In February 2008 they withdrew from the 2008 World Championships because of injury.

In May 2008, the Beiers announced the end of their dance partnership. Christina Beier teamed up with Tim Giesen and began competing with him in the 2008–2009 season. She began competing with her brother again following that season. They trained for two weeks with Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski but William Beier had a problem with his knees, which had troubled him since 2006. The Beiers ended their competitive career in 2010.

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With William Beier International Event 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 07–08 09–10 Olympics 18th Worlds 20th 13th Europeans 16th 15th 13th 15th 15th Bompard 6th Cup of China 8th Skate America 7th Skate Canada 11th 7th Bofrost Cup 6th Finlandia 4th Golden Spin 4th Ice Challenge 3rd Karl Schäfer 3rd Nebelhorn 3rd 2nd Ondrej Nepela 2nd International: Junior Junior Worlds 15th 11th 5th Final 4th China 1st Czech Rep. 5th France 2nd Norway 3rd Poland 3rd Slovenia 4th Sweden 5th 4th EYOF 2nd National German Champ. 2nd J 1st J 1st J 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew The Beiers did not compete together in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons.

With Tim Giesen National Event 2008–09 German Championships 4th

References

Patinage magazine No. 124, Nov/Dec 2010

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