{{short description|German figure skater}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Manuela Ruben |image= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |country= West Germany |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1964|1|14|df=y}} |birth_place= Lauda-Königshofen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |hometown= |residence= |death_date= |death_place= |height= |formercoach= |formerchoreographer= |skating club= |retired= 1984 |show-medals= yes |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | West Germany }} {{MedalSport | Figure skating: Ladies' singles}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1984 Budapest|Ladies' singles}} }}
'''Manuela Ruben''' (born 14 January 1964) is a former figure skater who competed in ladies' singles for West Germany. She was the 1984 European silver medalist and three-time West German national champion (1982–84). She was placed seventh at the 1984 Winter Olympics and sixth at the 1984 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/figure-skating-ruben-manuela-results-identity-s26-c2-b4-o197-w34661.html |title=Figure Skating - Manuela Ruben (West Germany) |publisher=The-sports.org |access-date=2015-06-13}}</ref>
She had hoped to contend for a medal at the Sarajevo Olympics after a strong 2nd place finish at that year's European Championships (ahead of the Olympic bronze medalist Kira Ivanova who placed only 4th) but mistakes in both the short and long knocked her out of contention. The same thing happen at the 1984 World Championships in a weakened field missing Rosalynn Sumners, Tiffany Chin, and Claudia Leistner.
==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="7" style="background:#ffdead; text-align:center;"| International<ref name=SR/> |- ! Event ! 1978-79 ! 1979-80 ! 1980–81 ! 1981–82 ! 1982–83 ! 1983–84 |- | align=left | Winter Olympics || || || || || || 7th |- | align=left | World Championships || || || 13th || 15th || 8th || 6th |- | align=left | European Champ. || || || 10th || 14th || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |- | align=left | NHK Trophy || || || || 11th || || |- | align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || |- ! colspan="7" style="background:#ffdead; text-align:center;"| International: Junior<ref name=SR/> |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || |- ! colspan="7" style="background:#ffdead; text-align:center;"| National |- | align=left | German Champ. || || 5th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=SR>{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/manuela-ruben-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/manuela-ruben-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2020-04-18 |title= Manuela Ruben |publisher= Sports Reference }}</ref> }}
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