Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Eva•Pfarrhofer (-Worisch) |
Used name | Eva•Pfarrhofer |
Born | 29 May 1928 in Wien (Vienna), Wien (AUT) |
Died | 3 May 2017 in Wien (Vienna), Wien (AUT) |
Affiliations | Schwimm-Union Wien, Wien (AUT) |
NOC | Austria |
Eva Pfarrhofer was a platform diving specialist who competed at both the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. She was a bronze medalist at the 1954 European Championships in platform diving. Pfarrhofer later worked in sports administration with synchronized swimming in Austria.
She married Franz Worisch, who was a diver at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. Together they had two Olympian children, with Michael Worisch competing as a diver in 1980, and Alexandra Worisch competing in synchronized swimming in 1984. Eva Pfarrhofer-Worisch’s granddaughter, Nadine Brandl , also competed in synchro swimming at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Pfarrhofer-Worisch died after sustaining a stroke while sitting in a sauna.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1952 Summer Olympics | Diving (Aquatics) | AUT | Eva Pfarrhofer | |||
Platform, Women (Olympic) | 9 | |||||
1956 Summer Olympics | Diving (Aquatics) | AUT | Eva Pfarrhofer | |||
Platform, Women (Olympic) | 13 |