Wolfgang Schwarz

Infobox Figure skater
title= Wolfgang Schwarz


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country= AUT
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1947|8|14
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retired= 1968

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.

Competitive highlights

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5253728.stm Olympian jailed over kidnap plot]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=2542104 Skating gold medalist gets 8 years for kidnap plot]

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