Hilda Rückert Explained

Hilda Rückert
Other Names:Hilda Ruekert, Hilda Ruckhert
Birth Name:Hildegard Charlotte Elisabeth Rückert
Birth Date:8 April 1897
Birth Place:Berlin
Death Date:14 November 1960
Death Place:Nuremberg
Occupation:Ice skater

Hilda Rückert (8 April 1897 – 14 November 1960) was a German ice skater.

Early life

Hildegard Charlotte Elisabeth Rückert was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, the daughter of Fritz Karl Rückert and Luise Wilhelmine Karoline Schucht Rückert.[1]

Career

Rückert traveled to New York City in 1915 with a troupe of young women ice skaters, to join a show at the Hippodrome. As a solo performer, she starred in a rooftop show at the Golden Glades restaurant in New York,[2] and made appearances on ice skates and rollerskates in Boston,[3] Ottawa,[4] Austin,[5] Saranac Lake,[6] Saratoga Springs,[7] and other North American cities. She skated and practiced diving at Indianola Park in Columbus, Ohio.[8] In 1923, she competed as a speed skater at Lake Placid.[9] [10] In 1924, she and her sister Ofilia gave skating exhibitions at the National Ice Skating Championships in Endicott, New York.[11]

Rückert returned to Europe by 1928.[12] She skated as a solo attraction at the St. Moritz Ice Rink for several years.[13] She also skated in pairs with Paul Kreckow,[14] and American skater Howard Nicholson.[15] She appeared in a film, Der Springer von Pontresina (1934).

Personal life

Rückert married Svend Zacho Lind, a Danish man, in 1930.[16] She died in Nuremberg in 1960, aged 63 years.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Geburtsregister; Laufendenummer: 212. via Ancestry
  2. News: 1917-05-20. Hilda Ruckert, 'The Skating Gazel' (advertisement). 95. The New York Times. 2021-04-17. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1924-02-29. Great Skaters Seen at Ellis Carnival. 12. The Boston Globe. 2021-04-17. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1924-02-08. Clever Exhibition of Fancy Skating. 3. The Ottawa Citizen. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1923-12-27. 4 World Champions will Occupy Hancock Stage in Vaudeville. 6. Austin American-Statesman. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1923-02-18. High Kicking on Ice. 112. Chicago Tribune. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1923-01-23. Two Dainty Ballet Dancers. 17. Evening Star. 2021-04-17. Newspapers.com.
  8. Web site: Entertainment. 2021-04-16. Indianola Park.
  9. News: 1923-01-13. Lake Placid Skaters Lead. 8. The Buffalo Commercial. 2021-04-16.
  10. News: 1923-01-23. Out of Way! She's Heading Straight for You, is World's Skating Champ. 7. The Buffalo Enquirer. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1923-02-01. Ice Champions Expected to Battle for National Title. 19. Press and Sun-Bulletin. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1928-01-20. Dancing on Ice. 14. The Daily Record. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  13. News: 1935-01-15. In an Exhibition of Dancing on the Ice. 6. Nashville Banner. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  14. News: 1929-01-06. Daredevils of the Rink. 88. Oakland Tribune. 2021-04-16. Newspapers.com.
  15. News: 1929-01-10. Trick Skaters Open Winter Season at St. Moritz. 17. Los Angeles Evening Express. 2021-04-17. Newspapers.com.
  16. Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Heiratsregister; Laufendenummer: 142. via Ancestry
  17. Stadtarchiv Nürnberg; Nürnberg, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Sterberegister; Bestand: C 27/II; Signatur: C 27/II Nr. 2587. via Ancestry

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