{{short description|German figure skater|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Christopher Berneck |image= 2007 JGP USA Berneck01.jpg |caption= Berneck at 2007 Junior Grand Prix at Lake Placid |country= Germany |fullname= |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1992|7|10|df=yes}} |birth_place= Bad Säckingen, Germany |hometown= Görwihl, Germany |height= {{height|m=1.84}} |coach= Doug Leigh, Robert Tebby, Lee Barkell, Priscilla Hill, Ronnie Biancosino |skating club= SC Berlin <br> TUS Eissport-Stuttgart <br> SC Riessersee <br> EHC Herrischried |beganskating= 1998 |retired= 2016 }}
'''Christopher Berneck''' (born 10 July 1992) is a German figure skater. He won four senior international medals and became a two-time German national bronze medalist (2011, 2015).
== Personal life == Berneck was born on 10 July 1992 in Bad Säckingen, Germany.<ref name=ISU-1112/> In 2015, he began studying fashion communication at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref name=RU170322/>
== Career == Berneck started skating in 1998 at the ice rink in Herrischried, Black Forest, Germany. He initially competed for EHC Herrischried. In 1999, he and his family moved to Garmisch-Partenkirchen where he trained with Wolfgang Danne and Harold Williams. He represented SC Riessersee. During his time in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Berneck competed in European Criterium events and won the 2001–02 cubs boys overall category, winning all three events he competed in, including the Hellmut Seibt Memorial, where U.S. skater Keegan Messing placed third in the same category.
In 2001, Berneck returned to his home town, Görwihl, and trained at the Stuttgart training center, competing for the TUS Eissport-Stuttgart, before moving to Berlin in 2003. He trained under Romy Oesterreich at the Sportforum Hohenschoenhausen until 2007, when the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. In June 2011, Berneck and his family moved to Barrie, Ontario, Canada. He then trained at the Mariposa International Training Center with Robert Tebby, Doug Leigh, Tugba Karademir, Steven Cousins, Lee Barkell and other coaches.
== Programs == {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2011–2012 <br> <ref name=ISU-1112/> | rowspan="2" | * El Tango de Roxanne <br>{{small| (from Moulin Rouge!) }} * Tango de los Exilados <br>{{small| by Walter Taieb and Vanessa-Mae }} | * Otonal <br>{{small| by Raúl Di Blasio }} |- ! 2010–2011 <br> <ref name=ISU-1011/> | * Schindler's List <br>{{small| by John Williams }} |- ! 2007–2008 <br> <ref name=ISU-0708/> | * Ladies in Lavender <br>{{small| by Nigel Hess }} | * Romeo and Juliet <br>{{small| by Nino Rota }} |}
== Competitive highlights == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="11" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International<ref name=ISU-CB/> |- ! Event ! 05–06 ! 06–07 ! 07–08 ! 08–09 ! 09–10 ! 10–11 ! 11–12 ! 12–13 ! 13–14 ! 14–15 |- | align=left | {{small|CS}} Autumn Classic || || || || || || || || || || 10th |- | align=left | {{small|CS}} Golden Spin || || || || || || || || || || 12th |- | align=left | Bavarian Open || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || 7th || || |- | align=left | Cup of Nice || || || || || || || || 11th || || |- | align=left | Merano Cup || || || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Nepela Trophy || || || || || || || || || 7th || |- | align=left | NRW Trophy || || || || || || || || || 8th || |- | align=left | Seibt Memorial || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || |- | align=left | U.S. Classic || || || || || || || || 12th || || |- ! colspan="11" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International: Junior<ref name=ISU-CB/> |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Australia || || || || || || || 9th || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Austria || || || || || || 15th || || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Croatia || || || 8th || || || || || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} USA || || || 7th || || || || || || || |- | align=left | Warsaw Cup || || 6th J || || || || || || || || |- ! colspan="11" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National<ref name=ISU-CB/> |- | align=left | German Champ. || 7th J || 6th J || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J || 7th J || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || 5th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |}
== References == {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=ISU-CB>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00010392.htm |title= Competition Results: Christopher BERNECK |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233310/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00010392.htm |archivedate= 3 March 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-0708>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00010392.htm |title= Christopher BERNECK: 2007/2008 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071219020401/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00010392.htm |archivedate= 19 December 2007 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1011>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010392.htm |title= Christopher BERNECK: 2010/2011 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100921070410/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010392.htm |archivedate= 21 September 2010 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1112>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010392.htm |title= Christopher BERNECK: 2011/2012 |publisher=International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419163414/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010392.htm |archivedate= 19 April 2012 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
<ref name=RU170322>{{cite news |url= https://theeyeopener.com/2017/03/for-christopher-berneck-figure-skating-became-an-escape-from-his-cancer-diagnosis/ |title= Christopher Berneck is figure skating past his cancer diagnosis |first= Bryan |last= Meler |work= Ryerson University's The Eyeopener |date= 22 March 2017 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ISU figure skater|00010392|Christopher Berneck}} * [https://tracings.net/bern-chri.html Christopher Berneck] at Tracings
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berneck, Christopher}} Category:German male single skaters Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:People from Bad Säckingen Category:Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) Category:21st-century German sportsmen