Career
Schramm began skating at age six. He was coached by Erich Zeller at the national center in Oberstdorf, and skated for the European Commission Oberstdorf club representing West Germany. Amongst his team members were Rudi Cerne and Heiko Fischer.
He also attracted media attention for his red costumes, his choreography and spontaneous creativity on ice, as well as for creating new spins and reinventing old forgotten spins.
Schramm retired from amateur competition in 1984. In 1988, he began coaching figure skaters.
From 2002 until 2007 he was artistic director of the ice show at Europa-Park. In 2006 he was a representative of the German "Dancing on Ice" television show.