Heinrich Burger

Heinrich Burger ( born May 31, 1881 in Munich, † April 27, 1942 ) was a German figure skater, who started in a single run and pair skating.

He started for the Munich EV, for which he sometimes took in speed skating competitions. By profession, Burger was a lawyer.

His greatest success as Burger pair skater with Anna Hubler. At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 the couple's first time in the Olympic program located compete in figure skating for pairs won. In the same year burgers and Hubler were also the first pair skating world champion in history, winning the world title again 1910. European Championships for couples were not introduced until 1930.

Burger was also successful as a single runner. In the years 1904-1907 he won three German league titles and was a two-time runner-up in 1904 after Ulrich Salchow and 1906 behind his fellow countryman Gilbert Fuchs.

Results

Single run

  • Z = Withdrawn ( after compulsory 5 )

Pair of running

( with Anna Hubler )

Medal Summer Olympic Games Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics 1904 World Figure Skating Championships 1906 World Figure Skating Championships 1908 World Figure Skating Championships 1910 World Figure Skating Championships 1905 European Figure Skating Championships Single skating 1907 World Figure Skating Championships 1904 European Figure Skating Championships German Figure Skating Championships List of Olympic medalists in figure skating Pierre Brunet (figure skater) Ernst Baier Micheline Lannoy Ria Baran Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt Barbara Wagner Oleg Protopopov Irina Rodnina Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev Oksana Kazakova David Pelletier Shen Xue Maxim Trankov Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson Karl Mejstrik Ludwig Wrede Peter Kennedy (figure skater) Jennifer Nicks John Nicks Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek Irina Vorobieva Tassilo Thierbach Barbara Underhill Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler Ingo Steuer Pang Qing Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy Wilhelm Zenger Horst Faber Erich Zeller Edi Rada Freimut Stein Tilo Gutzeit Manfred Schnelldorfer Reinhard Ketterer Rudi Cerne Norbert Schramm Heiko Fischer Richard Zander Mirko Eichhorn Ronny Winkler Andrejs Vlascenko Silvio Smalun Clemens Brummer Hugo Winzer Franz Ningel Wolfgang Danne Eberhard Rausch Almut Lehmann Andreas Nischwitz Christina Riegel Axel Rauschenbach Peggy Schwarz Claudia Rauschenbach Eva-Maria Fitze Rico Rex Daniel Wende Ruben Blommaert
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