Emmerich Danzer
| Emmerich Danzer | |
|---|---|
| File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-F1015-0022-001, Emmerich Danzer.jpg
Emmerich Danzer at an exhibition in Berlin in 1967
|
|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Austria |
| Born | 15 March 1944 Vienna |
|
Medal record
|
|
Emmerich Danzer (born March 15, 1944 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian figure skater and multiple European and World Champion.
Career
Emmerich Danzer began to skate at the age of five.[1] He attended a Catholic school in Vienna. Herta Wächter was his coach from 1953.[1]
Between 1965 and 1968 Danzer won the European title four times and between 1966 and 1968 he was World Champion three times. He was famous for being strong in compulsory figures and in the free program. He was the gold medal favorite at the 1968 Olympics but placed fourth in the compulsory figures after almost coming to a stop.[1] He won the free skate but finished off the podium overall while countryman Wolfgang Schwarz won the gold.
Danzer was voted Austrian athlete of the year in 1966 and 1967.[1] In 1968 he turned pro and participated in shows of the Wiener Eisrevue (Vienna Ice Revue) and Holiday on Ice until 1975.[1] He also recorded a song "Sag es mir" which was a hit in Austria.[1] Between 1975 and 1989 he worked as a coach in the United States.[1]
Danzer has worked for an insurance company in Vienna since 1989 and is in charge of sport insurance activities and sport sponsoring.[1] Between 1995 and 1997 he was president of the Austrian figure skating organization (Österreichischer Eiskunstlaufverband).[1] Since 2000 he has been president of the figure skating club "Wiener Eislaufverein".[1]
Danzer is also a commentator for the Austrian television station ORF, often collaborating with Ingrid Wendl on figure skating events.
Competitive highlights
| Event | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 5th | 4th | ||||||
| World Championships | 7th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| European Championships | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Austrian Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- H. Prüller, Traumnote 6,0 für E. Danzer, 1968 (a book)
- [1] SR/Olympic Sports
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to [[commons:Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]]. |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Austrian Sportspersonality of the year 1966 – 1967 |
Succeeded by Olga Pall |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages with broken file links
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Austrian male single skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Vienna
- Olympic figure skaters of Austria
- Austrian singers
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
