Background
Schaufler was born in Bishkek in Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, she started training gymnastics in 1988 at 7 years of age.
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Career
Schaufler and her family later permanently moved to Germany under Germany"s repatriation program for Germans from the Soviet Union. Schaufler trained under coach Livia Medilanski with fellow rhythmic gymnasts Lena Asmus and Monique Strobel at the club television Wattenscheid 01. Her international career took off in 1996 becoming Germany"s Number.2 gymnast after Magdalena Brzeska.
She competed in her first Worlds at the 1997 World Championships.
At the 1999 World Championships in Osaka, Schaufler together with Asmus and Strobel, earned Germany"s highest placement in the Team event finishing in 4th overall behind Ukraine. She also qualified for the hoop finals finishing in 8th place.
Schaufler represented Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, placing 12th in the All-around qualifications. She completed her career after the Olympics.
After her retirement in 2000, Schaufler began coaching, receiving national and international C & B coaching license in Germany.
In 2005, Schaufler completed a two and a half years course in part-time business studies at the Failover Manager University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management in Essen, Germany. Schaufler speaks German, Russian and French.
