{{short description|German figure skater}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=April 2022|Simone Lang}} {{Infobox figure skater |name = Simone Lang |image = SimoneLang.jpg |caption = Lang at the 1992 German Championships |fullname = |altname = |country = Germany <br> East Germany |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|30|df=yes}} |birth_place = Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany |hometown = |height = {{height|m=1.59}} |beganskating = |retired = 1995 }}
'''Simone Lang''' (born 30 April 1971) is a German former figure skater. She is the 1989 Skate Canada International silver medalist, 1989 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1992 Nebelhorn Trophy champion. Lang achieved her highest ISU Championship placement, fourth, at the 1989 and 1992 European Championships. On the national level, she won three medals at the German Championships and one at the East German Championships.
Lang was coached by Jutta Müller in Chemnitz and later by Peter Jonas in Oberstdorf and Düsseldorf.<ref name=chemnitz/><ref name=FSC/>
== Competitive highlights == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | '''International''' |- ! Event ! 1985–86 <br> <small>(GDR)</small> ! 1988–89 <br> <small>(GDR)</small> ! 1989–90 <br> <small>(GDR)</small> ! 1990–91 <br> <small>(GER)</small> ! 1991–92 <br> <small>(GER)</small> ! 1992–93 <br> <small>(GER)</small> ! 1993–94 <br> <small>(GER)</small> ! 1994–95 <br> <small>(GER)</small> |- | align=left | Worlds || || 12th || || 13th || || || || 17th |- | align=left | Europeans || || 4th || || 9th || 4th || 10th || || |- | align=left | Skate America || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || |- | align=left | Skate Canada || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || |- | align=left | <small>Int. de Paris /<br>Trophée de France</small> || || || || 7th || 9th || 7th || 4th || 6th |- | align=left | Karl Schäfer || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || || |- | align=left | Nebelhorn || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || |- | align=left | Piruetten || || || || || || || 7th || |- | align=left | Prague Skate || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | '''National''' |- | align=left | German || || || || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | East German || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || |- | colspan=9 align=center | <small> WD = Withdrew </small> |}
== References == {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=chemnitz>{{cite web | url = http://www.chemnitz.de/chemnitz/de/die-stadt-chemnitz/stadtportrait/ehrenbuerger/jutta-mueller/ | title = Jutta Müller | language = German | publisher = chemnitz.de | access-date = 2014-04-19 | archive-date = 2016-03-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325161709/http://www.chemnitz.de/chemnitz/de/die-stadt-chemnitz/stadtportrait/ehrenbuerger/jutta-mueller/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name=FSC>{{cite web | url = http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/photodir/skaters/ladies/lang_simone_ger.shtml | title = Simone Lang | publisher = Figure Skating Corner }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Simone}} Category:1971 births Category:German female single skaters Category:Living people Category:Figure skaters from Chemnitz Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt Category:East German female figure skaters