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Anna "Annie" Hübler (2 January 1885 – 5 July 1976) was a German pair skater, born in
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 ...
. She was an Olympic champion and two-time
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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. . *


External links

* 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 {{Germany-figure-skating-bio-stub