Elsa Rendschmidt (11 January 1886 – 9 October 1969) was a German

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

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 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

, the first Olympics to include a ladies' figure skating event. She competed in the first ladies' German nationals, which took place in 1911. She skated for the Berliner Schlittschuhclub and won the event, becoming Germany's first ladies' champion. She also competed at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

several times. Her best finish was 2nd (in 1908 and 1910). A road located in

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf () is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf. Overview Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf covers the w ...

was named after Rendschmidt in 2006.Elsa-Rendschmidt-Weg in Charlottenburg
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1886 births 1969 deaths German female single skaters Olympic figure skaters of Germany Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Germany-figure-skater-stub