Luis Schuster

Luis Schuster (born 10 May 2001) is a German pair skater. With his skating partner, Letizia Roscher, he is the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy bronze medalist.

Luis Schuster
Roscher/Schuster at the 2023 Skate Canada International
Born (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 (age 23)
Sebnitz, Germany
HometownChemnitz, Germany
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Germany
PartnerLetizia Roscher
CoachIngo Steuer, Robin Szolkowy
Skating clubChemnitzer Eislauf-Club
Began skating2009

On the junior level, Roscher/Schuster are three-time German junior national champions and placed fifth at the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Personal life

Schuster was born on 10 May 2001 in Sebnitz.[1]

Career

Early career

Schuster began figure skating in 2009. He teamed up with Letizia Roscher to compete in pairs prior to the 2017–18 figure skating season and coached by Monika Scheibe.

Together, they won gold on the novice level at the 2018 German Novice Championships, the 2018 Bavarian Open, and the 2018 Cup of Tyrol.[2]

2018–19 season

Debuting on the junior level, Roscher/Schuster won the silver medal at the 2018 Prague Ice Cup. They then won the silver medal at the 2019 German Junior Championships.[2]

At the 2019 Bavarian Open, Roscher/Schuster placed seventh. They were ultimately selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, where they finished seventeenth.[2]

2019–20 season

Roscher/Schuster at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Debuting on the Junior Grand Prix series, Roscher/Schuster finished fourteenth at the 2019 JGP Poland and thirteenth at 2019 JGP Croatia.[2]

At the 2020 German Junior Championships, Roscher/Schuster won the gold medal.[2]

Selected to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, Roscher/Schuster finished eighth. They then went on to win the silver medal at the 2020 Icelab International Cup and place fifth at the 2020 Bavarian Open.[2]

2020–21 season

Roscher/Schuster competed at the 2021 German Junior Championships, winning their second consecutive junior national title.[2]

2021–22 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Roscher/Schuster placed ninth at the 2021 JGP Austria. They then made their senior international debut by finishing fourteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, before going on to win their third junior national title at the 2022 German Junior Championships.[2]

Selected to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Roscher/Schuster finished nineteenth.[2] They ended their season at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, finishing fifth.[2]

Following the season, Roscher/Schuster switched coaches from Monika Scheibe to Robin Szolkowy and Ingo Steuer.[1]

2022–23 season

Roscher/Schuster began the season at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, finishing fourth. Debuting on the Grand Prix series, Roscher/Schuster finished seventh at 2022 Skate America and won the bronze medal at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy. They went on to compete at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup, winning the bronze medal.[2]

Making their debut on the senior level at the 2023 German Championships, Roscher/Schuster won the silver medal behind Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel.[2]

2023–24 season

After dealing with injury difficulties that impacted their training, Roscher/Schuster started the season with an eleventh-place at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[3] They were tenth as well at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.[2] Appearing on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate Canada International, Roscher/Schuster placed eighth.[4]

Programs

With Roscher

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2023–2024
[5]
2022–2023
[1]
  • Experience
    by Ludovico Einaudi
  • Every Ending is a Chance
    by Claire Wyndham, Adrianne Gonzalez
    choreo. by Stephanie Schneider, Susan Fichtelmann
2021–2022
[6]
2020–2021
[7]
2019–2020
[8]
2018–19
[9]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Roscher

International [2]
Event17–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–24
Europeans19th
GP Skate America7th
GP Skate Canada8th
GP Wilson Trophy3rd
CS Finlandia Trophy4th10th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy11th
CS Warsaw Cup14th3rd
Challenge CupWD
International: Junior [2]
Junior Worlds17th5th
Youth Olympics8th
JGP Austria9th
JGP Croatia13th
JGP Poland14th
Bavarian Open7th5th
Icelab Int'l Cup2nd
NRW TrophyWD
Prague Riedell Cup2nd
International: Advanced Novice [2]
Bavarian Open1st
Cup of Tyrol1st
National [2]
German Champ.1st N2nd J1st J1st J1st J2nd
TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew
Levels: N = Advanced Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Roscher

Senior results

2023–24 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
October 27–29, 20232023 Skate Canada International8
52.07
8
85.47
8
137.54
October 4–8, 20232023 CS Finlandia Trophy10
46.49
10
79.59
10
126.08
September 20–23, 20232023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy11
46.96
11
91.44
11
138.40
2022–2023 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
January 5–7, 20232023 German Championships2
56.44
2
109.07
2
165.51
November 17–20, 20222022 CS Warsaw Cup3
63.11
3
107.54
3
170.65
November 11–13, 20222022 MK John Wilson Trophy3
60.24
3
107.13
3
167.37
October 21–23, 20222022 Skate America3
60.24
3
107.13
3
167.37
October 4–9, 20222022 CS Finlandia Trophy5
59.21
3
106.37
4
165.58

Junior results

2021–22 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
April 13–17, 20222022 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior5
54.01
4
92.42
5
146.43
January 25–27, 20222022 European ChampionshipsSenior19
48.77
19
48.77
December 9–11, 20212022 German Junior ChampionshipsJunior1
47.10
1
91.82
1
138.92
November 17–20, 20212021 CS Warsaw CupSenior15
54.78
13
95.95
14
150.73
October 6–9, 20212021 JGP AustriaJunior9
43.82
10
81.05
9
124.87
2020–21 season
December 18–19, 20202021 German Junior ChampionshipsJunior1
42.32
1
84.66
1
126.98
2019–20 season
February 3–9, 20202020 Bavarian OpenJunior5
41.77
6
72.35
5
114.12
January 10–15, 20202020 Winter Youth OlympicsJunior8
42.80
8
80.25
7
123.05
January 1–3, 20202020 German Junior ChampionshipsJunior1
48.88
1
87.89
1
136.77
November 1–3, 20192019 Icelab International CupJunior2
42.11
1
77.47
2
119.58
September 25–28, 20192019 JGP CroatiaJunior12
41.08
13
75.48
13
116.56
September 18–21, 20192019 JGP PolandJunior13
38.84
14
64.58
14
103.42
2018–19 season
March 4–10, 20192019 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior17
39.55
17
39.55
February 5–10, 20192019 Bavarian OpenJunior9
41.06
6
77.05
7
118.11
December 21–23, 20182019 German Junior ChampionshipsJunior2
44.79
2
75.42
2
120.21
November 9–11, 20182018 Prague Ice CupJunior2
38.40
2
70.83
2
109.23
2017–18 season
January 26–31, 20182018 Bavarian OpenNovice1
30.66
1
48.70
1
79.36
January 11–14, 20182018 German Novice ChampionshipsNovice1
31.85
1
54.44
1
86.29
November 20–25, 20172017 Cup of TyrolJunior1
31.21
1
51.24
1
82.45

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