Karl Schäfer

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Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Gold	1932 Lake Placid	Men's singles
Gold	1936 Garmish-Partenkirchen	Men's singles

Karl Schäfer (May 17, 1909 in Vienna – April 23, 1976 in Vienna) was an Austrian figure skater and Olympic champion.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Results in figure skating 2.1 Olympic Winter Games 2.2 World Championships 2.3 European Championships 3 See also 4 Navigation

[edit] Biography

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. In 1923 he participated in an ice show in Hernhals as "Rosenkavalier".

Schäfer was talented in other ways as well. He played the violin very well, and was also Austrian breaststroke champion several times.

After the end of his figure skating career in 1936 he moved for a couple of years to the United States 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 U.S. 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.

[edit] Results in figure skating

[edit] Olympic Winter Games

• 1928 – 4th place
• 1932 – 1st place
• 1936 – 1st place

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• World Figure Skating Championships

[edit] Navigation

v • d • e Olympic champions in figure skating – Men's singles 1908: Ulrich Salchow · 1920: Gillis Grafström · 1924: Gillis Grafström · 1928: Gillis Grafström · 1932: Karl Schäfer · 1936: Karl Schäfer · 1948: Dick Button · 1952: Dick 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 · 2006: Evgeni Plushenko

v • d • e World champions in figure skating – Men's singles 1896: Gilbert Fuchs · 1897: Gustav Hügel · 1898: Henning Grenander · 1899–1900: Gustav Hügel · 1901–1905: Ulrich Salchow · 1906: Gilbert Fuchs · 1907–1911: Ulrich Salchow · 1912–1913: Fritz Kachler · 1914: Gösta Sandahl · 1922: Gillis Grafström · 1923: Fritz Kachler · 1924: Gillis Grafström · 1925–1928: Willy Böckl · 1929: Gillis Grafström · 1930–1936: Karl Schäfer · 1937–1938: Felix Kaspar · 1939: Graham Sharp · 1947: Hans Gerschwiler · 1948–1952: Richard Button · 1953–1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins · 1957–1959: David Jenkins · 1960: Alain Giletti · 1962: Donald Jackson · 1963: Donald McPherson · 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer · 1965: Alain Calmat · 1966–1968: Emmerich Danzer · 1969–1970: Tim Wood · 1971–1973: Ondrej Nepela · 1974: Jan Hoffmann · 1975: Sergey Volkov · 1976: John Curry · 1977: Vladimir Kovalev · 1978: Charles Tickner · 1979: Vladimir Kovalev · 1980: Jan Hoffmann · 1981–1984: Scott Hamilton · 1985: Alexander Fadeyev · 1986: Brian Boitano · 1987: Brian Orser · 1988: Brian Boitano · 1989–1991: Kurt Browning · 1992: Viktor Petrenko · 1993: Kurt Browning · 1994–1995: Elvis Stojko · 1996: Todd Eldredge · 1997: Elvis Stojko · 1998–2000: Alexei Yagudin · 2001: Evgeni Plushenko · 2002: Alexei Yagudin · 2003–2004: Evgeni Plushenko · 2005–2006: Stéphane Lambiel · 2007: Brian Joubert · 2008: Jeffrey Buttle

v • d • e European champions in figure skating – Men's singles 1891: Oskar Uhlig · 1892–1894: Eduard Engelmann Jr. · 1895: Tibor von Foldvary · 1898–1900: Ulrich Salchow · 1901: Gustav Hügel · 1904: Ulrich Salchow · 1905: Max Bohatsch · 1906–1907: Ulrich Salchow · 1908: Ernst Herz · 1909–1910: Ulrich Salchow · 1911: Per Thorén · 1912: Gösta Sandahl · 1913: Ulrich Salchow · 1914: Fritz Kachler · 1922–1923: Willy Böckl · 1924: Fritz Kachler · 1925–1928: Willy Böckl · 1929–1936: Karl Schäfer · 1937–1938: Felix Kaspar · 1939: Graham Sharp · 1947: Hans Gerschwiler · 1948: Richard Button · 1949: Edi Rada · 1950: Ede Király · 1951–1952: Helmut Seibt · 1953–1954: Carlo Fassi · 1955–1957: Alain Giletti · 1958–1959: Karol Divín · 1960–1961: Alain Giletti · 1962–1964: Alain Calmat · 1965–1968: Emmerich Danzer · 1969–1973: Ondrej Nepela · 1974: Jan Hoffmann · 1975: Vladimir Kovalev · 1976: John Curry · 1977–1979: Jan Hoffmann · 1980: Robin Cousins · 1981: Igor Bobrin · 1982–1983: Norbert Schramm · 1984: Alexander Fadeyev · 1985–1986: Jozef Sabovčík · 1987–1989: Alexander Fadeyev · 1990–1991: Viktor Petrenko · 1992: Petr Barna · 1993: Dmitri Dmitrenko · 1994: Viktor Petrenko · 1995: Ilia Kulik · 1996: Viacheslav Zagorodniuk · 1997: Alexei Urmanov · 1998–1999: Alexei Yagudin · 2000–2001: Evgeni Plushenko · 2002: Alexei Yagudin · 2003: Evgeni Plushenko · 2004: Brian Joubert · 2005–2006: Evgeni Plushenko · 2007: Brian Joubert · 2008: Tomáš Verner

Persondata
NAME	Schäfer, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schafer, Karl
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Austrian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1976
PLACE OF DEATH	Vienna