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Maxi Herber Edit Profile

figure skater

Maxi Herber was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating.

Career

The duo revolutionized pair skating, becoming the first team to perform jumps side by side. She skated for the Münchner EV (Munich EV) club They had 3 children. After World World War II they skated in ice shows.

Later the couple owned a business.

As a result of the divorce, she had to depend on social services to survive. Supported by the "Deutsche Sporthilfe" (German Sport help organisation) she moved to Oberau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria.

Some years later Herber and Baier remarried, but were divorced again. Herber suffered from Parkinson"s disease.

In 2000 she moved to the Lenzheim retirement home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Soon afterwards she had an exhibition of her watercolor paintings there. (ladies singles)

(pairs with Ernst Baier).

Achievements

  • Born in Munich, Herber was also an accomplished single skater, winning the German nationals three times, from 1933 to 1935. She died at age 86 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Herber had been Germany"s oldest living female Olympic champion.