Manfred Schnelldorfer

Manfred Schnelldorfer
Manfred Schnelldorfer (2011)
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	(1943-05-02) 2 May 1943
Skating club	Munich ERC
Retired	1964
Medal record Competitor for  Germany Men's Figure skating Olympic Games Gold 1964 Innsbruck Men's singles World Championships Gold 1964 Dortmund Men's singles Bronze 1963 Cortina d'Ampezzo Men's singles European Championships Silver 1964 Grenoble Men's singles Silver 1963 Budapest Men's singles Bronze 1962 Geneva Men's singles Bronze 1961 Berlin Men's singles Bronze 1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Men's singles

Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Competitor for  Germany
Gold	1964 Innsbruck	Singles

Manfred Schnelldorfer (born 2 May 1943 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany) is a German figure skater, and a World and Olympic champion.

Career

Schnelldorfer won his first competition at age eight. His parents, both quite famous in Germany as figure skater coaches, coached him. He skated for the Munich ERC club and therefore he represented the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).

At his one and only German Junior Championships he came in second behind Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, twice World champion in pairs. The following year, at the German Senior Championships, Schnelldorfer won. His rival Hans-Jürgen Bäumler came in 4th place and later competed as a pair skater.

Later Schnelldorfer studied architecture for four years, but could not graduate due to his figure skating activities.

The highlight of his career was becoming Olympic champion in 1964 in Innsbruck. His victory was a surprise. The favorite was Alain Calmat of France, who won the Europeans between 1962 and 1964 and was silver medalist at the 1963 Worlds.

In all, Schnelldorfer was an eight-time German champion, one-time World champion (1964), three-time bronze and two-time silver medalist at the Europeans. After his amateur career he turned professional and worked with an ice show for four years.

He also was pop singer (German: Schlagersänger) and actor. After that he became a coach and sport teacher. He was the first West German national coach for figure skating between 1974 and 1981.

Manfred Schnelldorfer lives in Munich and owns some sport shops. He is married and has two children.

Manfred Schnelldorfer songs

• Wenn du mal allein bist (When you are once alone)
• Deine schönen blauen Augen (Your beautiful blue eyes)
• Mizzie

Manfred Schnelldorfer films

• Holiday in St. Tropez (1964)
• Ich kauf' mir lieber einen Tirolerhut (1965) (I prefer to buy a Tiroler hat)
• Tausend Takte Übermut (1965) (Thousand takts high spirits)
• Spukschloß im Salzkammergut (1966)
• Komm mit zur blauen Adria (1966) (Come to the blue Adria)

Competitive highlights

• WD = Withdrew

References

• Manfred Schnelldorfers homepage
• DEU about Manfred Schnelldorfer
• Manfred Schnelldorfer at the Internet Movie Database
• several issues of the German Eissportmagazin
• several issues of the German magazin Pirouette
• program of the World Championships in Figure Skating 1991 in Munich
• program of the World Championships in Figure Skating 2004 in Dortmund