Austrian Figure Skating Association
The Austrian Figure Skating Association was founded in 1889. The current seat of the Austrian Figure Skating Association is in the House of Sports in Vienna .
Olympic successes
With a total of 20 medals at the Olympic Games, including seven in gold, nine in silver and four in bronze, the Austrian Figure Skating Association is the most successful Olympic association after the Austrian Ski Association. After Russia and the USA, Austria is the most successful nation in figure skating at the Olympic Games.
Olympic medalist in the men
- Willy Böckl silver 1924, silver 1928
- Karl Schäfer Gold 1932, Gold 1936
- Felix Kaspar bronze 1936
- Edi Rada bronze 1948
- Helmut Seibt Silver 1952
- Wolfgang Schwarz Gold 1968
Olympic medalist in the women
- Herma Szabó Gold 1924
- Fritzi Burger Silver 1928, Silver 1932
- Eva Pawlik Silver 1948
- Ingrid Wendl bronze 1956
- Regine Heitzer Silver 1964
- Trixi Schuba Gold 1972
Olympic medalists in the pairs
- Helene Engelmann and Alfred Berger Gold 1924
- Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser Silver 1928
- Melitta Brunner and Ludwig Wrede bronze 1928
- Ilse Pausin and Erik Pausin Silver 1936
- Sissy Schwarz and Kurt Oppelt Gold 1956
Olympic uniqueness
Figure skating is the only Olympic discipline that was played as a discipline at both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Games. Even before the first Olympic Winter Games took place in Chamonix in 1924 , figure skating was already Olympic at the Summer Games in London in 1908 and in Antwerp in 1920 .
Thus, the Austrian Figure Skating Federation has the national uniqueness that it was represented with the same sport and discipline at both the Olympic Summer and Winter Games.
Successes at world championships
Similar to the Olympic Games, the Austrian Figure Skating Federation is also the most successful nation after Russia and the USA at world championships. Since the first world championships in 1896, Austria has won a total of 116 medals, 36 of which were gold, 46 silver and 34 bronze.
The most successful Austrian runners at the world championships were Herma Szabo with five gold medals and Trixi Schuba with two gold and two silver medals. In the men's race, Karl Schäfer even won gold seven times, Willy Böckl four times and Emmerich Danzer three times. Claudia Kristofics-Binder won the last medals for the Austrian Figure Skating Association with two bronze medals at the world championships in 1981 and 1982.