Hellmut May

This article is about the figure skater Hellmut May. For other people see Helmut May .

Hellmut May (born June 9, 1921 , † November 11, 2011 in Richmond , British Columbia ) was an Austrian figure skater who started in a single run .

May's career was interrupted by World War II. In the 1940s he was Austrian vice-champion in figure skating four times , always behind Edi Rada . He took part in his only European championship in 1939 and finished it in ninth place. In his only World Cup participation in 1948, he finished eighth. May played two Olympic Games . In 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen he finished 14th and in 1948 in Sankt Moritz he was eighth.

May went to Canada in 1954 , settled in Vancouver and later became the coach of the Canadian national figure skating team. He was Karen Magnussen's first coach . In 2010 May was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Results

Competition / year	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948
winter Olympics	14th												8th.
World championships													8th.
European championships				9.
Austrian championships	3.	3.			2.	2.					2.		2.

Web links

• Hellmut May in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

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