Günther Noack

Günther Noack
nation	Germany
birthday	December 24, 1912
place of birth	Budapest ,  Hungary
date of death	May 3, 1991
Place of death	Biberach an der Riss ,  Germany
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Inge Koch, Gerda Strauch
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 2 × EM medals 0 × 0 × 2 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Berlin 1938 Couples bronze Budapest 1939 Couples  European figure skating championships bronze St. Moritz 1938 Couples bronze Davos 1939 Couples

Günther Noack (born December 24, 1912 in Budapest , † May 3, 1991 in Biberach an der Riss ) was a German figure skater who started in pair skating .

Together with Inge Koch, Noack was German runner-up in pair skating in 1937 and 1938 . The couple made their international debut in 1937, where they placed fifth at the European Championships and then at the World Championships . In 1938 and 1939, Noack and Koch won the bronze medal behind their compatriots Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier and the Austrians Ilse and Erik Pausin at the European Championships in St. Moritz and Davos , as well as at the World Championships in Berlin and Budapest . Since the latter started for the German Reich in 1939, Noack and Koch were part of the only pan-German podium at the world figure skating championships.

In the war years 1941 to 1943 Noack competed with Gerda Strauch in the German championships . In 1941 they took third place and in 1942 and 1943 they became German champions.

Results

Pair skating

(with Inge Koch )

Competition / year	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943
World championships	5.	3.	3.
European championships	5.	3.	3.
German championships	2.	2.			3. *	1.*	1.*

* with Gerda Strauch

literature

• Jutta Deiss (author), Doris Henkel (author), Sven Simon (photographer): Figure skating. The big stars . 1st edition. Copress, 1995, ISBN 3-7679-0455-1 .