Romy Kermer began skating in Karl-Marx-Stadt, where she became a pair skater. Early in her career, she competed with
Tassilo Thierbach and Andreas Forner. 1972 she moved to Berlin and skated there at the club
SC Dynamo Berlin. Her coach was
Heidemarie Seiner-Walther. She continued to represent SC Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1973, when she changed clubs as well. Her pair skating partner became
Rolf Oesterreich. Kermer/Oesterreich won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics 1976 in
Innsbruck. Romy Oesterreich became a figure skating coach at the club SC Berlin. One of her students,
Philipp Tischendorf, won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix 2005 in
Bratislava. ==Results==