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Manfred Schnelldorfer Personal information Country represented 
GermanyBorn 2 May 1943 Skating club Munich ERC Retired 1964 Medal recordCompetitor for GermanyMen'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 Figure skating Competitor for 
GermanyGold 1964 Innsbruck Men's singles Manfred Schnelldorfer (born 2 May 1943 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany) is a German figure skater, and a World and Olympic champion.
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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
Event 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Olympic Games 8th 1st World Championships WD 11th 15th 7th 5th 3rd 1st European Championships 10th 10th 7th 7th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd German Championships 1st J. 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st - 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
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 • 2010: Evan Lysacek
German champions in figure skating – Men's Singles 1891: Anon Schmitson • 1892–93: Georg Zachariades • 1894: Gustav Hügel • 1895–96: Gilbert Fuchs • 1897: Karl Zenger • 1900–01: Wilhelm Zenger • 1903: Ludwig Niedermeyer • 1904: Heinrich Burger • 1905: Karl Zenger • 1906–07: Heinrich Burger • 1909: Gilbert Fuchs • 1911–13: Werner Rittberger • 1914: Hugo Metzner • 1920–26: Werner Rittberger • 1927: Paul Franke • 1928: Werner Rittberger • 1929: Paul Franke • 1930–32: Leopold Maier-Labergo • 1933–38: Ernst Baier • 1939–41: Horst Faber • 1942: Erich Zeller • 1943: Edi Rada • 1944: Horst Faber • 1947–51: Horst Faber • 1952–54: Freimut Stein • 1955: Tilo Gutzeit • 1956–61: Manfred Schnelldorfer • 1962: Sepp Schönmetzler • 1963–64: Manfred Schnelldorfer • 1965: Sepp Schönmetzler • 1966–68: Peter Krick • 1969: Reinhard E. Ketterer • 1970–71: Klaus Grimmelt • 1972: Harald Kuhn • 1973–75: Erich Reifschneider • 1976: Gert-Walter Gräbner • 1977: Kurt Kürzinger • 1978: Rudi Cerne • 1979: Norbert Schramm • 1980: Rudi Cerne • 1981: Norbert Schramm • 1982–83: Heiko Fischer • 1984: Norbert Schramm • 1985–86: Heiko Fischer • 1987: Richard Zander • 1988: Heiko Fischer • 1989: Richard Zander • 1990–91: Daniel Weiss • 1992: Mirko Eichhorn • 1993–94: Ronny Winkler • 1995–97: Andrejs Vlascenko • 1998: Sven Meyer • 1999: Andrejs Vlascenko • 2000: Stefan Lindemann • 2001: Silvio Smalun • 2002: Stefan Lindemann • 2003: Silvio Smalun • 2004–07: Stefan Lindemann • 2008: Clemens Brummer • 2009: Peter Liebers • 2010: Stefan Lindemann • 2011: Peter Liebers
Categories:- 1943 births
- Living people
- German male single skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of the United Team of Germany
- Sportspeople from Munich
- Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany
- German singers
- German-language singers
- German actors
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
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