Hedy Stenuf

Hedy Stenuf
Full name	Hedwig Stenuf
nation	Austria France United States
birthday	July 18, 1922
place of birth	Vienna
date of death	November 7, 2010
Place of death	Hallandale, Florida, USA
Career
discipline	Single run
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Stockholm 1938 Ladies silver Prague 1939 Ladies

Hedwig "Hedy" Stenuf (born July 18, 1922 in Vienna , † November 7, 2010 in Hallandale , Florida , USA ) was an Austrian figure skater who competed individually for Austria, France and the USA.

Stenuf first became known in the USA when she accompanied Karl Schäfer on a tour of North America in 1934, at the age of eleven .

In 1935 Stenuf played their first European and world championships . In her home town of Vienna she finished fourth at the World Cup . She finished the European Championship in seventh place. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , she finished sixth. It was the last time that she competed for Austria. She played the European Championship in 1936 for France. There she was sixth. In 1937, she finished the European Championship as well as the World Championship in fourth. From 1938 Stenuf then represented the USA and won its only medals. At the World Championships in Stockholm she won the bronze medal behind the British Megan Taylor and Cecilia Colledge . In 1939 in Prague she was runner-up behind Taylor in the absence of Colledge. In 1940 Stenuf started at the US championships and finished second behind Joan Tozzer .

Results

Competition / year	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940
winter Olympics		6. (AUT)
World championships	4. (AUT)		4. (FRA)	3. (USA)	2. (USA)
European championships	7. (AUT)	6. (FRA)	4. (FRA)
Austrian championships	3.	2.
American championships						2.

Web links

• Hedy Stenuf in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ death message Stenuf