Otto Weiß (figure skater)

Otto Weiss
nation	German Empire
birthday	April 20, 1914
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Former partner	Wally Hempel Eva Prawitz Gisa Graetz
society	Berlin ice skating club
Medal table
German championships 3 × 3 × 1 ×
German championships gold 1932 Riessersee Couples gold 1933 Opole Couples silver 1934 Braunlage Couples silver 1935 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Couples silver 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Couples gold 1937 Hamburg Couples bronze 1938 Cologne Couples

Otto Weiß (born April 20, 1914 ; † unknown) was a German figure skater who started in pair skating .

Career

Otto Weiß was German champion in pair skating in 1932 and 1933 together with Wally Hempel . In the two following years the couple won silver at the German championships and finished sixth at the 1935 World Championships . In 1936 they parted ways and from then on Weiß ran with Eva Prawitz . The couple initially accepted at the European Championships in 1936 and missed a medal with fourth place. A few weeks later, Weiß and Prawitz started at the Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , where they finished eighth in pair skating. In 1937 the couple became German champions. However, the couple later separated and Weiss now ran with Gisa Graetz , with whom he won bronze at the German championships the following year and took eighth place at the world championships .

Web links

• Otto Weiß in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )