Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (born 28 January 1942) is a German former pair skater, actor, and Schlager singer.

Career

Bäumler became famous in pair skating with his skating partner Marika Kilius. They won their first national title after skating together for just six weeks. Between 1958 and 1964, they won the German nationals four times and became European champions six times and World champions twice. In 1966, they were stripped of the medal because of this.

After their amateur figure skating career, both became singers of German Schlagers (German version of pop songs). In the mid-1960s, they recorded some songs together; Bäumler also had songs as a solo singer. Bäumler's greatest success was the song "Wunderschönes fremdes Mädchen" ("Beautiful Foreign Girl"). The most successful songs of the duo were "Wenn die Cowboys träumen" ("When Cowboys Dream") and "Honeymoon in St. Tropez", both in 1964.