Otto Preißecker Explained

Otto Preißecker
Also Known As:Otto Preissecker
Country:Austria
Birth Date:3 August 1898
Birth Place:Vienna
Death Place:Innsbruck
Partner:Gisela Hochhaltinger
Retired: 1930
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Otto Preißecker also Preissecker (3 August 1898 – 30 May 1963) was an Austrian figure skater who competed in men's singles and pairs. As a single skater, he became a three-time World medalist (silver in 1926 and 1927, bronze in 1925),[1] [2] a three-time European medalist (silver in 1926, bronze in 1925 and 1928),[3] and a three-time national champion (1926–1928). As a pair skater with Gisela Hochhaltinger, he was the 1930 European bronze medalist and a two-time national silver medalist.[4]

Results

Men's singles

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Pairs with Hochhaltinger

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Figure Skating Championships, Men . International Skating Union . 29 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060221144348/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148235-165451-56216-0-file,00.pdf . 21 February 2006.
  2. Book: Hines, James R. . Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating . 2011 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-6859-5 . Lanham, Maryland . xxiii.
  3. Web site: European Figure Skating Championships, Men . International Skating Union . 29 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131205043922/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147122-164338-54457-0-file,00.pdf . 5 December 2013.
  4. Web site: European Figure Skating Championships, Pairs . International Skating Union . 29 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070412052553/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-147120-164336-54459-0-file%2C00.pdf . 12 April 2007.