Willy Böckl

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Olympic medal record
Figure skating
Silver 1924 Chamonix Men's singles
Silver 1928 St. Moritz Men's singles

Willy Böckl (born January 27, 1893; died April 22, 1975) was an Austrian figure skater. He won the World Figure Skating Championships four times and captured two silver medals at the Winter Olympics.

After retiring from skating, he moved to the United States and became a coach.

[edit] Competitive highlights

1913

  • European Championships - 3rd
  • World Championships - 2nd

1914

  • European Championships - 3rd
  • World Championships - 3rd

1922

  • European Championships - 1st
  • World Championships - 3rd

1923

  • European Championships - 1st
  • World Championships - 2nd

1924

  • Olympics - 2nd
  • World Championships - 2nd

1925

  • European Championships - 1st
  • World Championships - 1st

1926

  • European Championships - 1st
  • World Championships - 1st

1927

  • European Championships - 1st
  • World Championships - 1st

1928

  • European Championships - 1st
  • Olympics - 2nd
  • World Championships - 1st

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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


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