Emil Ratzenhofer

Emil and his sister Herta Ratzenhofer were Austrian pairs figure skaters who finished ninth at the 1948 St. Moritz Winter Olympics. They won two bronze medals, at the 1948 and 1949 European Championships. At Worlds they were fifth in 1949 and 11th the previous year.

During World War II, Emil and Herta were forced to represent Nazi Germany after the “Anschluss” and won the German national title in 1944. In addition to that they won the Austrian Championship in 1943, and again after the war in 1946-49. Ratzenhofer was an engineer by profession.