- Kurt Oppelt
Kurt Oppelt (born
March 18 ,1932 inVienna ) was anAustria n figure skater. He won the 1956 Olympicspair skating event with his partnerElisabeth Schwarz . They also won the World and the European titles that same year. They also won the Austrian National Championships from 1952 thru 1956.Schwarz and Oppelt narrowly won the 1956 Olympic title. Their rivals, two-time world champions
Frances Dafoe andNorris Bowden , faltered on a lift, causing them to finish after their music ended. The judging panel was split 6 to 3 in favor of Schwarz and Oppelt. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/history/1956cortinadampezzo.shtml]Oppelt also competed as a single skater. He placed 11th at the
1952 Winter Olympics and 11th at the 1953 Worlds.Competitive highlights
(with Elisabeth Schwarz)
*1952 Austrian Nationals - 1st Gold Europeans - 7 th Olympics - 9th Worlds - 7th
*1953 Austrian Nationals - 1st Gold Europeans - 3rd Bronze Worlds - 6th
*1954 Austrian Nationals - 1st Gold Europeans - 2nd Silver Worlds - 3rd Bronze
*1955 Austrian Nationals - 1st Gold Worlds - 2nd Silver
*1956 Austrian Nationals - 1st Gold Europeans - 1st Gold Worlds - 1st Gold Olympics - 1st Gold
External links
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4388860373747566823&sourceid=searchfeed Video clip of Schwartz and Oppelt at the 1956 Olympics]
* [http://www.pairsonice.net/record.php?f=Schwartz&m=Oppelt Schwartz and Oppelt competition record at pairsonice.net]Navigation
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Austrian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH=March 18 ,1932
PLACE OF BIRTH=Vienna ,Austria
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