Helmut Seibt

Hellmut Seibt
nation	Austria
birthday	June 25, 1929
place of birth	Vienna,  Austria
date of death	20th July 1992 (age 63)
Place of death	Altenberg, Austria
Career
discipline	Single run
society	EK Engelmann
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 2 × 1 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver Oslo 1952 Men's  World figure skating championships bronze Milan 1951 Men's  European figure skating championships bronze Milan 1949 Men's silver Oslo 1950 Men's gold Zurich 1951 Men's gold Vienna 1952 Men's

Hellmut Seibt (born June 25, 1929 in Vienna ; † July 21, 1992 ) was an Austrian figure skater who started in a single run . He is the European champion in 1951 and 1952 .

Seibt became Austrian figure skating champions in 1950, 1951 and 1952 . After winning the bronze medal at the European Championships in 1949 and the silver medal in 1950 , he became European champions in 1951 and 1952 . In 1951 he also won the bronze medal at the World Championships behind the Americans Richard Button and James Grogan . At the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 , he was able to defeat Grogan and won the silver medal behind Button.

Before his success in singles, he took part in pair skating competitions with Susi Giebsch at the end of the 1940s , albeit without achieving top positions.

A major national figure skating event , the Helmut Seibt Memorial, takes place every year in honor of Hellmut Seibt .

Results

Competition / year	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952
winter Olympics		9.				2.
World championships		7th	5.	4th	3.	4th
European championships		7th	3.	2.	1.	1.
Austrian championships	2.	3.	2.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Helmut Seibt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Biography at the Engelmann Ice Sport Club ( Memento from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )