Wolfgang Schwarz (figure skater)

Wolfgang Schwarz

nation

Austria

birthday

September 14, 1947

place of birth

Vienna

Career

discipline

Single run

Medal table

Olympic medals	1 ×	0 ×
World Cup medals	0 ×	2 ×
EM medals	0 ×	3 ×

winter Olympics
gold	Grenoble 1968	Men's
World figure skating championships
silver	Davos 1966	Men's
silver	Vienna 1967	Men's
European figure skating championships
silver	Bratislava 1966	Men's
silver	Ljubljana 1967	Men's
silver	Västerås 1968	Men's

Wolfgang Schwarz (born September 14, 1947 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian figure skater who started in a single run . He is the Olympic champion of 1968 .

life and career

Figure skating career

His greatest success was the surprising Olympic victory at the X Winter Games in Grenoble in 1968 in front of the American Tim Wood and the French Patrick Péra . His compatriot Emmerich Danzer , who was actually favored , was only fourth in this competition.

At world championships and European championships , however, Schwarz could never beat Danzer and thus remained without a title win. In 1966 and 1967 he was vice world champion behind Danzer and from 1966 to 1968 also vice European champion behind him. After leaving competitive sports, he was at the Holiday on Ice show in 1968 and 1969 .

Results

Competition / year	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
winter Olympics	15th				1.
World championships		7th	2.	2.
European championships	7th	5.	2.	2.	2.

Processes

In 2002, Schwarz was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for trafficking in girls in Austria. He received another prison sentence in 2006. He was sentenced in the first instance to eight years in prison for attempting to kidnap the 18-year-old daughter of a millionaire. Since he committed the latter act while he was being suspended (for skin cancer) for his first sentence, he was sentenced to ten years and six months by the appellate court in early March 2007. Schwarz and the public prosecutor had appealed against the judgment of the first court. At the beginning of 2014, Schwarz was finally released from prison after detention was relaxed in previous years.