Ludwig Wrede

Ludwig Wrede
nation	Austria
birthday	October 28, 1894
date of death	January 1, 1965
Career
discipline	Pair skating, single skating
Partner	Herma Szabó, Melitta Brunner
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 2 × 2 × 3 × EM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
winter Olympics bronze St. Moritz 1928 Couples  World figure skating championships gold Vienna 1925 Couples bronze Berlin 1926 Couples gold Vienna 1927 Couples bronze London 1928 Couples silver Budapest 1929 Couples bronze London 1929 Men's silver New York City 1930 Couples  European figure skating championships silver Davos 1924 Men's bronze Davos 1929 Men's

Ludwig Wrede (born October 28, 1894 , † January 1, 1965 ) was an Austrian figure skater who started in single and pair skating .

In pair skating, he became world champion with Herma Szabó in 1925 and 1927 and won the bronze medal in 1926 . After Szabó ended her career, Melitta Brunner became his figure skating partner. With her he won the bronze medal at the World Championships and the Olympic Games in 1928 . In 1929 and 1930 they became vice world champions.

In individual , he took part in all world championships from 1923 to 1930 . In 1929 he won the bronze medal. He succeeded in the same year at the European Championships . In 1924 he had already become vice European champion . At the Olympic Games in 1928 he finished eighth in singles.

Results

Single run

Competition / year	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930
winter Olympics							8th.
World championships		5.	5.	8th.	6th	6th	6th	3.	5.
European championships			2.	5.			4th	3.
Austrian championships	3.	1.	2.					2.	3.

Pair skating

(1925–1927 with Herma Szabó ; 1928–1930 with Melitta Brunner )

Competition / year	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930
winter Olympics				3.
World championships	1.	3.	1.	3.	2.	2.
Austrian championships	1.				3.	1.

Web links

• Ludwig Wrede in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )