Peter Szczypa coached Claudia Leistner when she took the gold medal at the 1989 European Championships and silver at the 1989 Worlds. Since the 1990s, he is one of Germany's most successful ladies' figure skating coaches. Based in Mannheim, Szczypa coached four-time German champion Sarah Hecken at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. He was also the coach of Nathalie Weinzierl who placed 9th at the 2013 European Championships. He has also coached Kristina Isaev and Jonathan Hess.