Background
Christiane Burger was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Christiane Burger was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
She is the 2006-2007 German national silver medalist and competed at four International Skating Union Championships. Her best result was 14th at the 2001 World Junior Championships. Following her Abitur, she started studying dentistry in Frankfurt am Main in autumn 2006.
Berger started skating at age seven.
She trained in Mannheim and represented the Mannheimer European Research Council. Berger was selected to represent Germany at the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She reached the free skate and finished 14th overall.
She was eliminated after the qualifying round at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Hamar, Norway. Berger was off the ice for half a year in 2003 due to a broken foot.
She was coached by Peter Sczypa until 2004, when she switched to Karin Stephan.
In 2007, she was sent to the European Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Ranked 17th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate and finished 20th overall. Berger had to sit out the 2007-2008 season due to a broken ankle that required surgery.