Emmerich Danzer

Emmerich Danzer
Emmerich Danzer at an exhibition in Berlin in 1967
Personal information
Country represented	Austria
Born	(1944-03-15) 15 March 1944 (age 73) Vienna
Former coach	Herta Wächter
Skating club	WEV, Wien
Medal record Representing  Austria Figure skating: Men's singles World Championships 1968 Geneva Men's singles 1967 Vienna Men's singles 1966 Davos Men's singles European Championships 1968 Västerås Men's singles 1967 Ljubljana Men's singles 1966 Bratislava Men's singles 1965 Moscow Men's singles 1963 Budapest Men's singles

Emmerich Danzer (born 15 March 1944) is an Austrian former figure skater. He is a three-time (1966–68) World champion, a four-time (1965–68) European champion, and a four-time (1965–68) Austrian national champion.

Emmerich Danzer was born on 15 March 1944 in Vienna, Austria. He attended a Catholic school in Vienna.

Emmerich Danzer began to skate at the age of five. Herta Wächter became his coach in 1953. His skating club was WEV in Vienna.

Danzer stood on his first ISU Championship podium at the 1963 Europeans in Budapest. He finished fourth the following year, in Grenoble, before winning gold ahead of France's Alain Calmat at the 1965 Europeans in Moscow. He placed fifth at the 1965 World Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Danzer was awarded gold ahead of countryman Wolfgang Schwarz at the 1966 Europeans in Bratislava and at the 1966 Worlds in Davos.

In January 1968, Danzer won his fourth consecutive continental title at the European Championships in Geneva. He was the gold medal favorite at the 1968 Winter Olympics, held in February in Grenoble, but placed fourth in the compulsory figures after almost coming to a stop. His first place in the free skate was not enough to lift him onto the podium as Schwarz took the gold. In March, Danzer was awarded his third straight World title, in Västerås.