Olympic Winter Games 1932 / participant (Austria)

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Austria took part in the IV Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in 1932 with a delegation of at least 7 athletes, including Friederike Burger-Russel only one lady. For the first time Austria sent a bobsleigh team into the race.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Karl Schäfer	figure skating	Singles, gentlemen

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Fritzi Burger	figure skating	Singles, ladies

Participants and Results

bob

• Johann Baptist Gudenus (1st participation)

  12th place (two-man bobsleigh)

• Hugo Weinstengl (1st participation)

  12th place (two-man bobsleigh)

figure skating

• Karl Schäfer (2nd participation)

  Gold medal (individual),

• Fritzi Burger (2nd participation)

  Silver medal (individual)

Nordic skiing

(Cross-country skiing, jumping, Nordic combined)

The trip to the Olympic Games in Lake Placid raised the ÖSV's biggest financial concerns. Gregor Höll and Harald Bosio were only able to participate in donations from Austrians abroad. In the USA, Harald Paumgarten strengthened the team. As was the case four years ago in St. Moritz, adverse circumstances prevented the Austrians from getting good results in Lake Placid.

• Harald Bosio (2nd participation)

  21st place (cross-country skiing 18 km)

  DNF (normal ski jump)

  29th place (cross-country skiing 18 km)

• Gregor Höll (1st participation)

  41st place (cross-country skiing 18 km)

  33rd place (Nordic Combined (Individual))

• Harald Paumgarten (2nd participation)

  29th place (cross-country skiing 18 km)

  18th place (Nordic combined, individual)

  25th place (normal hill jumping)

Web links

• ÖOC - Austrian Olympic Committee
• ÖSV - Austrian Ski Association
• Austrian Olympic team 1932 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erich Bazalka: Ski history of Lower Austria. Written on behalf of the Lower Austria State Ski Association, Waidhofen / Ybbs 1977, p. 57.
2. ↑ Heinz Polednik: The luck in the snow. 100 years of skiing in Austria. Amalthea Verlag, Vienna-Munich 1991, ISBN 3-85002-303-6 , p. 60.