Helene Engelmann (later Jaroschka, 9 February 1898 – 1 August 1985) was an Austrian

pair skater 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 a ...

. With

Alfred Berger Alfred Berger (25 August 1894 – 11 June 1966) was an Austrian pair skater. With his skating partner, Helene Engelmann, he became the 1924 Olympic champion and a two-time world champion (1922, 1924). Results with Helene Engelmann Helene Eng ...

, she became the 1924 Olympic champion and a two-time world champion. She also won a world title with Karl Mejstrik.

Life and career

Engelmann was the daughter of Eduard Engelmann Jr., a three-time champion at the

European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, an ...

. She began skating as a small child, having been introduced to the sport at an early age. Aged 15, she won the pair skating title at the 1913 World Championships with her skating partner Karl Mejstrik. She remains the youngest-ever world champion in the pair category. Engelmann also won World titles in 1922 and 1924 with partner

. They won gold at the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

, France. Engelmann did not compete at the European Championships, as her father did, because the pair category was not included until 1930.

Results

With Alfred Berger

With Karl Mejstrik

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Engelmann, Helene Austrian female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters of Austria Figure skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Austria 1898 births 1985 deaths Figure skaters from Vienna Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics