Uwe Bewersdorf (born 4 November 1958 in Freital, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany) is a German former pair skater.

Uwe Bewersdorf was a pair with Manuela Mager. He started to skate with the age of 7 at the club Betriebs-Sportbund-Gemeinschaft Post Dresden. Later the club was renamed into SC Einheit Dresden. He was representing East Germany (GDR). His coach was Uta Hohenhaus.

Uwe Bewersdorf

The pair Mager/Bewersdorf was the first in the world to execute in competition a clean thrown loop. Because Manuela Mager finished her figure skating career in 1980 he had to change his skating partner. He teamed up with Marina Schulz. However the pair could not qualify for international competitions due to many injuries.

Uwe Bewersdorf

Uwe Bewersdorf studied sport at the DHfK in Leipzig.

Uwe Bewersdorf

He works as a tax accountant in Baden-Württemberg.

Uwe Bewersdorf's name is sometimes spelled with double “F“ in the end. This happened due to a mistake of German Bureaucracy. His parents are spelled with a single “F”.

Results

pairs (with Mager)

References

External links

Uwe Bewersdorf – 1980 Olympic results at Sports Reference

1958 births

Living people

People from Freital

People from Bezirk Dresden

German male pair skaters

Sportspeople from Saxony

Olympic figure skaters for East Germany

East German male figure skaters

Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany

Olympic medalists in figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships medalists

European Figure Skating Championships medalists

Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics