Alexander König

Figure skater Alexander König partnered Peggy Schwarz at three consecutive Winter Olympics. They represented East Germany at Calgary in 1988 and unified Germany at Albertville in 1992 and Lillehammer in 1994. They finished seventh at all three Games. In 1988, they won a bronze medal at the European Championships, and that same year won the East German national title, which they won for a second time in 1992. They won the silver medal in 1991 and 1994.

König later graduated at the Coaching Academy in Köln and became a successful figure skating coach. He later worked in Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Berlin and Oberstdorf and became assistant coach of Michael Huth. In 2018 his pupils Aljona Sawtchenko and Bruno Massot won the pairs gold medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. König also worked as an international referee. Since 1983 he was also active as a painter and held several exhibitions.