Oscar Hoppe (11 June 1886 – 19 January 1936) was a figure skater who competed in men's singles and pair skating. First he represented the German Empire, then Czechoslovakia. He was born in Troppau in what was then the duchy of Austrian Silesia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and died in the same city (known in Czech as Opava), which by then was in Czechoslovakia.
| Oscar Hoppe | |||||||||||||||
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 Hoppe in 1930 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 1886 Troppau, Austrian Silesia, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 January 1936 (aged 49) Opava, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Germany Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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With his wife Else Hoppe, he won the bronze medal at the 1927 World Figure Skating Championships in Vienna.[1][2][3][4][5]
Competitive highlights
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| Event | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
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| World Championships | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | ||
| European Championships | 7th |
References
edit- ^ Alice Berman (1998-01-01). Skater's Edge Sourcebook: Ice Skating Resource Guide. Skater's Edge. ISBN 978-0-9643027-1-6.
- ^ Howard Bass (1974-01-01). Let's go skating. Paul. ISBN 978-0-09-121050-2.
- ^ Raymond Flower (1976). The history of skiing and other winter sports. Methuen.
Oscar Hoppe.
- ^ James R. Hines (2011-04-22). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Scarecrow Press. pp. 283–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7085-7.
Oscar Hoppe.
- ^ James R Hines (30 March 2015). Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women. University of Illinois Press. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-0-252-09704-1.