Robert Kunkel
Robert Kunkel is a German pair skater. With Annika Hocke, he is the 2020 Bavarian Open silver medalist and 2019 German national silver medalist.
With his former skating partner, Talisa Thomalla, he competed at three World Junior Championships, placing 12th in 2017, 7th in 2018, and 12th in 2019.
Partnership with Hocke
Kunkel formed a partnership with Annika Hocke shortly after the dissolution of her pairing with Ruben Blommaert. Despite Hocke having previous attended the Olympics, the two were still age-eligible for international junior competitions, and so began on the Junior Grand Prix, where they won two bronze medals at JGP Croatia and JGP Poland, and were the only non-Russian team to qualify to the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed sixth. On the senior leve, Hocke/Kunkel debuted at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, placing sixth, and then won silver medals at the German nationals championships and the 2020 Bavarian Open. They were seventh at the 2020 European Championships. Hocke/Kunkel concluded the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they placed fourth and won a small bronze medal for a third-place finish in the free skate; only Kunkel invalidating their pair spin element by putting both feet down kept them from winning the overall bronze medal. Despite this, Hocke remarked "our first and last Junior World Championships — it was amazing!"Programs
with Hocke
with Thomalla
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2018–2019 | by Lindsey Stirling
| by Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley choreo. by Stefano Caruso, Dmitri Savin |
| 2017–2018 | by Sidney Bechet performed by Henri René and his Orchestra by Parov Stelar |
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| 2016–2017 |
performed by Henri René and his Orchestra
choreo. by Paul Boll | by Quincy Jones
performed by Pink Martini choreo. by Paul Boll |