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Wolfgang Schwarz

1947 - Today

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Wolfgang Schwarz (born 14 September 1947, in Vienna) is an Austrian former figure skater. He is the 1968 Olympic gold medalist (one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions), a two-time (1967–1968) World silver medalist, and three-time (1967–1969) European silver medalist. Prior to the Grenoble Olympics, he had finished second to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer multiple times at the World and European Championships. In December 2002, Schwarz was convicted on charges of trafficking in human beings after he brought five women from Russia and Lithuania to Austria to work as prostitutes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Schwarz is the 86th most popular skater (up from 94th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Austria (up from 965th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Austrian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Wolfgang Schwarz ranks 86 out of 483. Before him are Alena Vrzáňová, Irving Jaffee, Bernt Evensen, Marika Kilius, Nikolai Panin, and Sergei Grinkov. After him are Felix Kaspar, Ria Baran, Eva Pawlik, Cecilia Colledge, Barbara Wagner, and Wim van der Voort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Wolfgang Schwarz ranks 603. Before him are Tillman Thomas, Stefan Angelov, Sandy Denny, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Erik Spiekermann, and Theodore Long. After him are Cyrille Guimard, Luigi Padovese, Menachem Bello, Jerónimo de Sousa, Ricardo Teixeira, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Wolfgang Schwarz ranks 940 out of 1,424. Before him are Liese Prokop (1941), Dietmar Schönherr (1926), Béla von Kehrling (1891), Siegfried Purner (1915), Bibi Besch (1942), and Herwig Wolfram (1934). After him are Hans Binder (1948), Friederich Franzl (1905), Eva Ibbotson (1925), Felix Kaspar (1915), Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878), and Helena Kottler Vurnik (1882).

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Among SKATERS In Austria

Among skaters born in Austria, Wolfgang Schwarz ranks 11. Before him are Fritzi Burger (1910), Herma Szabo (1902), Trixi Schuba (1951), Otto Kaiser (1901), Melitta Brunner (1907), and Lilly Scholz (1903). After him are Felix Kaspar (1915), Eva Pawlik (1927), Sissy Schwarz (1936), Regine Heitzer (1944), and Kurt Oppelt (1932).

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