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Karl Schäfer

1909 - 1976

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Karl Schäfer (17 May 1909 – 23 April 1976) was an Austrian figure skater and swimmer. In figure skating, he became a two-time Olympic champion at the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was also a seven-time World champion (1930–1936) and eight-time European champion (1929–1936). As a swimmer, he competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 200 metre breaststroke. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Schäfer is the 7th most popular skater (up from 13th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Austria (up from 582nd in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Karl Schäfer ranks 7 out of 483. Before him are Sonja Henie, Ulrich Salchow, Axel Paulsen, Andrea Kékesy, Katarina Witt, and Gillis Grafström. After him are Hjalmar Andersen, Ivar Ballangrud, Ondrej Nepela, Clas Thunberg, Sjoukje Dijkstra, and Walter Jakobsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Karl Schäfer ranks 103. Before him are Franz Bardon, Johannes Willebrands, Jim Davis, Mikhail Mil, Hideo Sakai, and André Abegglen. After him are Roberto Burle Marx, C. Northcote Parkinson, Dorothy Round, Sigmund Rascher, Héctor José Cámpora, and Seichō Matsumoto. Among people deceased in 1976, Karl Schäfer ranks 78. Before him are Hans Richter, Kálmán Kalocsay, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Carol Reed, Willi Hennig, and Paul Morand. After him are David Jacobs, Gregor Piatigorsky, Zhang Wentian, Rudolf Kempe, Mickey Cohen, and Wilhelm Marschall.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl Schäfer ranks 475 out of 1,424. Before him are Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), Franz von Liszt (1851), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Gustav Ucicky (1899), Franz Binder (1911), and Herbert Bayer (1900). After him are Friedrich Koncilia (1948), Avgustyn Voloshyn (1874), Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (1285), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1822), Tina Blau (1845), and Hermann Nitsch (1938).

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Among SKATERS In Austria

Among skaters born in Austria, Karl Schäfer ranks 1. After him are Helene Engelmann (1898), Willy Böckl (1893), Alfred Berger (1894), Fritzi Burger (1910), Herma Szabo (1902), Trixi Schuba (1951), Otto Kaiser (1901), Melitta Brunner (1907), Lilly Scholz (1903), Wolfgang Schwarz (1947), and Felix Kaspar (1915).

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