Elsa Rendschmidt
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1908 London | Ladies' singles |
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Born | (1886-01-11)11 January 1886 Berlin, German Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 October 1969(1969-10-09) (aged 83) Celle, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elsa Rendschmidt (11 January 1886 – 9 October 1969) was a German figure skater and the first German woman to compete and win a medal at the Olympic Games.[1]
Rendschmidt won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to include a ladies' figure skating event.[2] She competed in the first ladies' German nationals, which took place in 1911. She skated for the Berliner Schlittschuhclub and won the event, becoming Germany's first ladies' champion. She also competed at the World Championships several times. Her best finish was 2nd (in 1908 and 1910).
A road located in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf was named after Rendschmidt in 2006.[3]
Results
Event | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
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Summer Olympics* | 2nd | |||||
World Championships | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | ||
German Championships | 1st |
- Figure skating was first included at the Summer Olympic games from 1908, moving to the Winter Olympics in 1924
References
- Database Olympics
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- 1911: Elsa Rendschmidt
- 1912: Luise Strasilla
- 1913–14: Thea Frenssen
- 1917–18: Thea Frenssen
- 1919–20: Elaine Winter
- 1921: Ellen Brockhöft
- 1922: Elaine Winter
- 1923–28: Ellen Brockhöft
- 1929–31: Katrin Flebbe
- 1932: Ruth Michaelis
- 1933–35: Maxi Herber
- 1936: Victoria Lindpaintner
- 1937–41: Lydia Veicht
- 1942–44: Marta Musilek
- 1947: Inge Jell
- 1948: Irene Braun
- 1949–51: Helga Dudzinski
- 1952: Erika Kraft
- 1953–54: Gundi Busch
- 1955–56: Rosi Pettinger
- 1957–59: Ina Bauer
- 1960: Bärbel Martin
- 1961: Karin Gude
- 1962: Inge Paul
- 1963: Karin Gude
- 1964: Inge Paul
- 1965: Uschi Keszler
- 1966: Angelika Wagner
- 1967–68: Monika Feldmann
- 1969–71: Eileen Zillmer
- 1972–74: Gerti Schanderl
- 1975: Isabel de Navarre
- 1976: Gerti Schanderl
- 1977–80: Dagmar Lurz
- 1981: Karin Riediger
- 1982–84: Manuela Ruben
- 1985–89: Claudia Leistner
- 1990: Patricia Neske
- 1991–93: Marina Kielmann
- 1994–95: Tanja Szewczenko
- 1996: Astrid Hochstetter
- 1997: Eva-Maria Fitze
- 1998: Tanja Szewczenko
- 1999: Eva-Maria Fitze
- 2000–01: Susanne Stadlmüller
- 2002: Katharina Häcker
- 2003–06: Annette Dytrt
- 2007: Kristin Wieczorek
- 2008: Sarah Hecken
- 2009: Annette Dytrt
- 2010–11: Sarah Hecken
- 2012: Nicole Schott
- 2013: Sarah Hecken
- 2014: Nathalie Weinzierl
- 2015: Nicole Schott
- 2016: Lutricia Bock
- 2017: Nathalie Weinzierl
- 2018–20: Nicole Schott
- 2021: Aya Hatakawa
- 2022–23: Nicole Schott
- 2024: Kristina Isaev
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