Anna "Annie" Hübler (2 January 1885 – 5 July 1976) was a German
pair skater
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, born in
Munich
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. She was an
Olympic
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champion and two-time
World
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champion with skating partner
Heinrich Burger
Heinrich Burger (31 May 1881 – 27 April 1942) was a German figure skater. He competed in both singles and pairs events. He was Olympic champion and two-time World champion together with Anna Hübler.
Burger and Hübler were the first wo ...
.
Hübler and Burger were the first World champions and the first Olympic champions in pairs figure skating. They never became European champions, because the European championships did not include a pairs competition until 1930.
They skated for the club Münchener EV (
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
EV).
Hübler was the first female German Olympic champion. (The first woman winning an Olympic medal for Germany was the single skater
Elsa Rendschmidt
Elsa Rendschmidt (11 January 1886 – 9 October 1969) was a German figure skater and the first German woman to compete and win a medal at the Olympic Games.
Rendschmidt won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics ...
. She won silver in 1908.)
After retiring from figure skating, Hübler became a singer and actress. She later owned a department store.
Results
(pairs with
Heinrich Burger
Heinrich Burger (31 May 1881 – 27 April 1942) was a German figure skater. He competed in both singles and pairs events. He was Olympic champion and two-time World champion together with Anna Hübler.
Burger and Hübler were the first wo ...
)
References
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Further reading
* Hines, James. ''Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating''. Scarecrow Press, 2011, Lanham. .
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1885 births
Sportspeople from Munich
German female pair skaters
Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic figure skaters of Germany
1976 deaths
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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