Wolfgang Schwarz
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Gold | 1968 Grenoble | Singles |
Wolfgang Schwarz (born September 14, 1947 in Vienna) was an Austrian figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Prior to that, he was best known for finishing as runner-up to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships multiple times.
Schwarz was convicted in 2002 on charges relating to trafficking in human beings after he brought five women from Russia and Lithuania to Austria to work as prostitutes. In 2006, he was convicted and sentenced to 8 years in prison for plotting a kidnapping of a Romanian teenager.
[edit] Competitive highlights
- European Championships - 2nd
- World Championships - 2nd
- European Championships - 2nd
- World Championships - 2nd
- European Championships - 2nd
- Olympics - 1st
[edit] Navigation
1908: Ulrich Salchow | 1920: Gillis Grafström | 1924: Gillis Grafström | 1928: Gillis Grafström | 1932: Karl Schäfer | 1936: Karl Schäfer | 1948: Dick Button | 1952: Dick Button | 1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1960: David Jenkins | 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer | 1968: Wolfgang Schwarz | 1972: Ondrej Nepela | 1976: John Curry | 1980: Robin Cousins | 1984: Scott Hamilton | 1988: Brian Boitano | 1992: Viktor Petrenko | 1994: Alexei Urmanov | 1998: Ilia Kulik | 2002: Alexei Yagudin | 2006: Evgeni Plushenko |
[edit] References
Persondata | |
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NAME | Schwarz, Wolfgang |
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SHORT DESCRIPTION | Austrian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna, Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | |
PLACE OF DEATH |