Friedrich Eduard Maria Demmer (17 April 1911 – 29 January 1966) was an Austrian

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player who competed for the Austrian national team at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

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and the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

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. Demmer played 12 games at the two Olympics, scoring a total of six goals. He also made 54 appearances for the Austrian national team at the World Championships between 1930 and 1949. Demmer was a top offensive threat on the team, scoring 31 goals in his World Championship career. He played club hockey for

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in the Austrian Hockey Championship.

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* 1911 births 1966 deaths Austrian ice hockey left wingers Ice hockey people from Vienna Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Austria Wiener EV players {{Austria-icehockey-bio-stub