Ingrid Turković-Wendl

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Ingrid Turković-Wendl figure skating
Ingrid Turković-Wendl (2010)
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday May 17, 1940
place of birth Vienna,  Austria
Career
discipline Single run
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
EM medals 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Ladies
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1956 Ladies
bronze Colorado Springs 1957 Ladies
silver Paris 1958 Ladies
ISU European figure skating championships
gold Paris 1956 Ladies
silver Vienna 1957 Ladies
gold Bratislava 1958 Ladies
 

Ingrid Turković-Wendl (born May 17, 1940 in Vienna ; born Ingrid Wendl ) is a former Austrian figure skater and television presenter. She is the European figure skating champion from 1956 and 1958 . From 2002 to 2006 she was a member of the Austrian National Council for the ÖVP .

Life

In the mid-1950s, Wendl, together with her compatriots Hanna Eigel and Hanna Walter, was still one of the best figure skaters in the world as a high school student. In 1956 and 1958 she became European champion and in 1957 she won the silver medal. She won the bronze medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . At the world championships in 1956 and 1957 she was third and ended her amateur career in 1958 with the runner-up world championship. At the beginning of January 1959 she was chosen by the Austrian sports journalists as the best lady (behind the two skiers Toni Sailer and Andreas Molterer ) in the election of "Sportsman of the Year 1958" . She then joined the Vienna Ice Revue as a professional figure skater and later the US Revue Ice Capades . In 1971 she retired from sports.

In 1959 she played in the film "Traumrevue". In 1972 Wendl became a freelancer at ORF . Here she worked as a program spokesperson and commentator for figure skating events. She later also hosted major entertainment programs. From 1979 she was part of Robert Lembkes' advice team What am I? on. In 1988 she moved to the ORF sports department as an editor and reporter. For this she received a Romy as the most popular sports presenter in 1990 . Wendl left the ORF in 2000.

In November 2002, shortly before the National Council elections, she announced her entry into politics and ran for the ÖVP. In the elections on November 24, 2002, she was elected to parliament via the federal list.

Ingrid Wendl is married to the bassoonist Milan Turković . She grew up in the third district of Vienna and also worked in the documentary Meine Landstraße (2014).

Results

Competition / year 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
winter Olympics 3.
World championships 12. 4th 3. 3. 2.
European championships 5. 1. 2. 1.
Austrian championships 2. 3. 1. 1. 1.

Awards

literature

  • Ingrid Wendl: Ice cream with style , 1979
  • Ingrid Wendl: My big bow , 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Athlete of the year 1958: Toni Sailer . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 9, 1959, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ↑ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22gvwl_traumrevue-1959_shortfilms

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Turković-Wendl, Ingrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendl, Ingrid (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian figure skater, TV presenter and politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna