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Alfred Berger (25 August 1894 – 11 June 1966) was an Austrian pair skater. With his skating partner, Helene Engelmann , he became the 1924 Olympic champion and a two-time world champion ( 1922 , 1924 ).
The pair skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics. It was the third appearance of the event, which had previously been held at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920. The competition was held on Thursday, 31 January 1924. Eighteen figure skaters, from seven nations, competed. [1]
She began skating as a small child, having been introduced to the sport at an early age. Aged 15, she won the pair skating title at the 1913 World Championships with her skating partner Karl Mejstrik. She remains the youngest-ever world champion in the pair category. Engelmann also won World titles in 1922 and 1924 with partner Alfred Berger.
Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. [1] This was not the first time that figure skating had been contested at the Olympic Games, as the sport had previously been included on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 title.
Figure skating: women's singles Gold: Helene Engelmann Alfred Berger: Figure skating: pairs Silver: Willy Böckl: ... Alfred Berger: 9 10.64 References
The pair skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had previously been held at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and was also part of the first Winter Games in 1924. The competition was held on Sunday, 19 February 1928.
Skating to a jazz medley, Chock and Bates took the ice dance gold for the second year running with a 219.85 total to win by nearly 14 points from Italy's Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri. Third ...
The pair skating competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at the Blyth Arena in Squaw Valley, California, United States. The event took place on Friday 19 February 1960. Each judge ranked the skaters by Ordinal Placement from first to last place.