Willy Böckl

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Willy Böckl figure skating
Willy Böckl 1931
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday January 27, 1893
place of birth Klagenfurt
date of death April 22, 1975
Place of death Klagenfurt
Career
discipline Single run
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 4 × gold 3 × silver 2 × bronze
EM medals 6 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Chamonix 1924 Men's
silver St. Moritz 1928 Men's
ISU World figure skating championships
silver Vienna 1913 Men's
bronze Helsinki 1914 Men's
bronze Stockholm 1922 Men's
silver Vienna 1923 Men's
silver Manchester 1924 Men's
gold Vienna 1925 Men's
gold Berlin 1926 Men's
gold Davos 1927 Men's
gold Berlin 1928 Men's
ISU European figure skating championships
bronze Oslo 1913 Men's
bronze Vienna 1914 Men's
gold Davos 1922 Men's
gold Oslo 1923 Men's
gold Triberg 1925 Men's
gold Davos 1926 Men's
gold Vienna 1927 Men's
gold Troppau 1928 Men's
 

Wilhelm Richard "Willy" Böckl (born January 27, 1893 in Klagenfurt ; † April 22, 1975 ibid) was an Austrian figure skater who started in a single run . He is the world champion from 1925 to 1928 and the European champion from 1922 , 1923 and from 1925 to 1928 .

After he landed on the podium five times in a row at the World Championships in 1913 , 1914 , 1922 , 1923 , 1924 despite a seven-year break from World War II , but never won the title, he was world champion four times in a row from 1925 to 1928, always in front of a fellow countryman; in his first title before Fritz Kachler , which he was able to beat for the first time in a world championship, twice before Otto Preissecker and the last time before the later series world champion Karl Schäfer . Böckl won two Olympic silver, in 1924 in Chamonix and in 1928 in St. Moritz . He lost both times to the three-time Olympic champion Gillis Grafström . In the period from 1922 to 1928 Böckl was European champion six times , in 1922 , 1923 , 1925 , 1926 , 1927 and 1928 .

Böckl was the first to have a double Rittberger .

After his career as an active athlete, he moved to the USA and became a coach. In 1937 he published the book Willy Boeckl On Figure Skating.

Results

Competition / year 1913 1914 1920 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
winter Olympics 2. 2.
World championships 2. 3. 3. 2. 2. 1. 1. 1. 1.
European championships 3. 3. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
Austrian championships 1. 1. 1. 1. 2.
Böckl at the 1928 World Cup

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