Felix Kaspar (January 14, 1915 in

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, Austria – December 5, 2003 in

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, U.S.) was an Austrian figure skater, twice

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champion, and 1936 bronze medalist. Kaspar began figure skating at age of 9. He trained on the artificial ice rink of

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Kaspar was famous for his high jumps. At the beginning of

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Kaspar was in Australia, where he met his wife, June. The couple was married for 54 years. They had one daughter named Cherie. Kaspar spent the whole time of the World War II in Australia. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Kaspar taught in

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. In 1965 he moved with his family to

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and worked there as a coach at the figure skating center in Golden Valley in the

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. Amongst others, he coached the Japanese

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while there. In 1977 he moved with his family to Pasadena,

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and worked there also as a figure skating coach. In 1998 Kaspar has been admitted to the

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In 1989 Kaspar and his wife retired to

. Felix Kaspar died at the age of 88 while suffering from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaspar, Felix 1915 births 2003 deaths Austrian male single skaters Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic figure skaters of Austria Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in figure skating Figure skaters from Vienna World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics Jewish Austrian sportspeople Austrian emigrants to the United States

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