Annika Hocke

Annika Maria Hocke (born 16 July 2000) is a German pair skater. With her skating partner, Robert Kunkel, she is the 2023 European bronze medalist, the 2023 Skate America champion, 2022 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist, and has won five medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. They won two bronze medals on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix series. Domestically they are the 2023 German national champions.

With former partner Ruben Blommaert, she is the 2017 CS Ice Star silver medalist, the 2018 Bavarian Open silver medalist, the 2018 International Cup of Nice silver medalist, and the 2018 German national silver medalist. They placed sixteenth at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Hocke formerly competed in ladies' singles, winning bronze at the 2017 German Championships and placing eleventh at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

Personal life Annika Hocke was born on 16 July 2000 in Berlin. Despite Hocke having previously attended the Olympics, the two were still age-eligible for international junior competitions, and so began on the Junior Grand Prix, where they won two bronze medals at JGP Croatia and JGP Poland, and were the only non-Russian team to qualify to the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed sixth.

Returning to competition at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Hocke/Kunkel placed fifth in the short program and eighth in the free skate, finishing in eighth place overall. Two months later, they competed at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, where they finished eighteenth overall.

2025–26 season: Milano Cortina Olympics In July, during a practice session, Hocke’s blade cut open Kunkel’s hand and finger. As a result, he was hospitalized and required a skin transplant.

Hocke/Kunkel began their season in late September by finishing eighth at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They then followed this up with a sixth-place finish at the 2025 Cup of China and a fifth-place finish at 2025 Skate America. In December, they won the silver medal at the 2026 German Championships behind Hase/Volodin.

Programs

Pairs with Kunkel Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026