the 2014 World Championships and won their fifth world title together. They have the second-most world championship titles in pairs, second only to Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev. Szolkowy retired from competition after Worlds and performed with Savchenko in a farewell show in Chemnitz at the end of April. Thomas Lloyd ended its sponsorship, in July 2014. Post-competitive career In July 2014, Szolkowy teamed up with Swiss skater Myriam Leuenberger to perform in ice shows. Considering a coaching career, he accepted Nina Mozer's invitation to work alongside her in Russia. The contract ran from September 2014 to April 2015. In June 2015, Mozer announced that Szolkowy would continue working with her students for the 2015–16 season. Szolkowy's current and former students include: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (European and Grand Prix Final champions in the 2016–17 season). Szolkowy started coaching them in September 2014. Vasilisa Davankova / Alexander Enbert, coached them from the fall of 2014 until their split in the summer of 2015 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert, began coaching the team when the team formed in the summer of 2015 In December 2014, Szolkowy was elected to the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. He and his wife also have a sports marketing company. In March 2015, it was announced that he would serve as Germany's pair skating development coordinator on a freelance basis. On 16 September 2015, Szolkowy was unanimously elected president of Chemnitzer Eislauf-Club (Chemnitz Skating Club). In January 2019, Szolkowy decided to move to the United States to coach at a rink in Irvine, California, beginning in April. Programs (with Savchenko) Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix With Savchenko With Rauschenbach With Otto Detailed results Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. With Savchenko References External links 1979 births Living people German male pair skaters German people of Tanzanian descent Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic figure skaters of Germany People from Greifswald Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics German figure skating coaches Season-end world number one figure skaters Season's world number one figure skaters Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania