Wolfgang Schwarz

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Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Gold	1968 Grenoble	Singles

Wolfgang Schwarz (born September 14, 1947 in Vienna) was an Austrian figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Prior to that, he was best known for finishing as runner-up to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships multiple times.

Schwarz was convicted in 2002 on charges relating to trafficking in human beings after he brought five women from Russia and Lithuania to Austria to work as prostitutes. In 2006, he was convicted and sentenced to 8 years in prison for plotting a kidnapping of a Romanian teenager.

[edit] Competitive highlights

1966

• European Championships - 2nd
• World Championships - 2nd

1967

• European Championships - 2nd
• World Championships - 2nd

1968

• European Championships - 2nd
• Olympics - 1st

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[edit] References

• Olympian jailed over kidnap plot
• Skating gold medalist gets 8 years for kidnap plot

Persondata
NAME	Schwarz, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Austrian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna, Austria
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH