Anna "Annie" Hübler (2 January 1885 – 5 July 1976) was a German
pair skater, born in
Munich
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. She was an
Olympic champion and two-time
World
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champion with skating partner
Heinrich Burger.
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 is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
EV).
Hübler was the first female German Olympic champion. (The first woman to win an Olympic medal for Germany was the single skater
Elsa Rendschmidt. 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)
References
Further reading
* Hines, James. ''Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating''. Scarecrow Press, 2011, Lanham. .
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External links
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1885 births
Figure skaters from Munich
German female pair skaters
Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic figure skaters for 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
20th-century German sportswomen
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