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Karl Schäfer

1909 - 1976

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Karl Schäfer (17 May 1909 – 23 April 1976) was an Austrian figure skater and swimmer. In figure skating, he became a two-time Olympic champion at the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was also a seven-time World champion (1930–1936) and eight-time European champion (1929–1936). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Schäfer has received more than 40,943 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Karl Schäfer is the 10th most popular skater (down from 6th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Austria (up from 473rd in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Karl Schäfer ranks 10 out of 315Before him are Gillis Grafström, Katarina Witt, Tonya Harding, Clas Thunberg, Oleg Protopopov, and Ondrej Nepela. After him are Ludmila Belousova, Ard Schenk, Ivar Ballangrud, Madge Syers, Lidiya Skoblikova, and Eteri Tutberidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Karl Schäfer ranks 97Before him are Eduard Wirths, Atsushi Nakajima, Matti Järvinen, Adolfo López Mateos, Nelson Algren, and August Derleth. After him are Adib Shishakli, Isa Miranda, André Abegglen, Hendrik Casimir, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Teiichi Matsumaru. Among people deceased in 1976, Karl Schäfer ranks 84Before him are Hans Richter, Kálmán Kalocsay, Zhang Wentian, Paul Morand, Tommy Bolin, and Sal Mineo. After him are Paul Strand, Wilder Penfield, Freddie King, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Hans von Obstfelder, and Alexander Lippisch.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl Schäfer ranks 468 out of 1,237Before him are Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), Hermann Gmeiner (1919), Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (1827), Petar Brzica (1917), Ernst Krenek (1900), and Toto Wolff (1972). After him are Henri Herz (1803), Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (1629), Ivan Šubašić (1892), Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley (1897), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), and Franz Binder (1911).

Among SKATERS In Austria

Among skaters born in Austria, Karl Schäfer ranks 1After him are Herma Szabo (1902), Helene Engelmann (1898), Trixi Schuba (1951), Willy Böckl (1893), Alfred Berger (1894), Eva Pawlik (1927), Otto Kaiser (1901), Fritzi Burger (1910), Wolfgang Schwarz (1947), Lilly Scholz (1903), and Felix Kaspar (1915).