Karl Schäfer
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Karl Schäfer (born May 17 1909 in Vienna, Austria; † April 23 1976 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian figure skater and Olympic champion.
Karl Schäfer was born not far from the artificial ice rink of Eduard Engelmann Jr. in Vienna-Hernals. When he was 11 years old, the figure skating coach Rudolf Kutzer first recognized his talent. Already in 1923 he participated in an ice show in Hernhals as “Rosenkavalier”.
Karl Schäfer also very talented in playing the violin. He was several times Austrian champion in breast-stroke swimming.
After the end of his figure skating career in 1936 he moved for a couple of years to the USA and worked there as a coach. In 1938 he opened a sport store in Vienna. In 1940 he and Herta Wächter (also a figure skating coach) founded the „Karl-Schäfer-Eisrevue“ (Karl-Schäfer-Ice-Revue).
In 1943 he became an actor and was the star of the movie „Der weiße Traum“ (The White Dream), which was produced on Engelmann's ice rink in Vienna-Hernals.
After the World War II Schäfer participated in rebuilding the Engelmann's ice rink, and from 1946 on he coached young skaters there.
Between 1956 and 1962 he moved again to the USA to work as a figure skating coach. From 1962 he returned as a coach to Vienna-Hernals and lived and worked there until he died.
He was married to Christine Engelmann, the youngest daughter of Eduard Engelmann Jr.
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Results in Figure Skating
Olympic Winter Games
World championships
- 1927 – 3rd place
- 1928 – 2nd place
- 1929 – 2nd place
- 1930 – 1st place
- 1931 – 1st place
- 1932 – 1st place
- 1933 – 1st place
- 1934 – 1st place
- 1935 – 1st place
- 1936 – 1st place
European championships
- 1927 – 3rd place
- 1928 – 2nd place
- 1929 – 1st place
- 1930 – 1st place
- 1931 – 1st place
- 1932 – 1st place
- 1933 – 1st place
- 1934 – 1st place
- 1935 – 1st place
- 1936 – 1st place
See also
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1908: Ulrich Salchow | 1920: Gillis Grafström | 1924: Gillis Grafström | 1928: Gillis Grafström | 1932: Karl Schäfer | 1936: Karl Schäfer | 1948: Richard Button | 1952: Richard Button | 1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1960: David Jenkins | 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer | 1968: Wolfgang Schwarz | 1972: Ondrej Nepela | 1976: John Curry | 1980: Robin Cousins | 1984: Scott Hamilton | 1988: Brian Boitano | 1992: Viktor Petrenko | 1994: Alexei Urmanov | 1998: Ilia Kulik | 2002: Alexei Yagudin | ||
