Emmy Puzinger

Austrian figure skater Emmy Puzinger placed seventh in the women’s singles event at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics. In the following two years she won bronze medals at the European Championships. From 1936-39 she also competed at four World Championships (finishing fourth, fifth, withdrawn, sixth respectively). In each of those four years she won the Austrian nationals.

Puzinger was later a member of the Karl Schäfer Ice Revue ensemble and doubled for actress Olly Holzmann in the more difficult ice scenes in the 1943 feature film Der Weiße Traum (The White Dream). She was also aware of the birth of the Vienna Ice Revue (which was founded immediately after World War II out of the Karl-Schäfer-Eisrevue) until its sale to Holiday On Ice in 1971. She was then one of the biggest stars of this company. As a figure skater, she appeared in many post-war revue films, such as Frühling auf dem Eis (Spring on Ice) and Traumrevue (Dream Revue).