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Otto Weiß (figure Skater)
Otto Weiß (born 20 April 1914, date of death unknown) was a German Pair skating, pair skater. Weiß became the German pair champion in 1932 and 1933 with his partner Wally Hempel. At their only major international competition, the 1935 World Figure Skating Championships, 1935 World Championships, they were fourth. Weiß represented Germany at the 1936 Winter Olympics with a new partner, Eva Prawitz. Together, they were the German pair champions in 1937. In 1938, he competed with a third partner, Gisela Grätz, and placed 3rd at the German nationals. They went on to compete at the 1939 European Figure Skating Championships, 1939 European Championships, where they were sixth. Competitive highlights With Gisela Grätz With Eva Prawitz With Wally Hempel References Otto Weiß' profile at Sports Reference.com External links * 1914 births Year of death missing German male pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Germany Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics {{G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pair Skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating as compared with independent Single Skating".S&P/ID 2021, p. 109 The ISU also states that a pairs team consists of "one Woman and one Man". Pair skating, along with men's and women's single skating, has been an Olympic discipline since figure skating, the oldest Winter Olympic sport, was introduced at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The ISU World Figure Skating Championships introduced pair skating in 1908. Like the other disciplines, pair skating competitions consist of two segments, the short program and the free skating program. There are seven required elements in the short program, which lasts two minutes and 40 seconds for both junior and senior pair teams. Free skating for pairs "consists of a well balanced program composed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
