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Elsa Rendschmidt (11 January 1886 – 9 October 1969) was a German figure skater and the first German woman to compete and win a medal at the Olympic Games.[1]

Olympic medal record
Ladies Figure skating
	1908 London	Ladies' singles

Elsa Rendschmidt
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	(1886-01-11)11 January 1886
Died	9 October 1969(1969-10-09) (aged 83)
Medal record Representing  Germany Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games 1908 London Ladies' singles World Championships 1910 Davos Ladies' singles 1908 Troppau Ladies' singles

Rendschmidt won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to include a ladies' figure skating event.[2] She competed in the first ladies' German nationals, which took place in 1911. She skated for the Berliner Schlittschuhclub and won the event, becoming Germany's first ladies' champion. She also competed at the World Championships several times. Her best finish was 2nd (in 1908 and 1910).

A road located in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf was named after Rendschmidt in 2006.[3]

Results

Event	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
Winter Olympics			2nd
World Championships	4th	4th	2nd		2nd
German Championships						1st

References

• Database Olympics

На других языках

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- [en] Elsa Rendschmidt

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[it] Elsa Rendschmidt

Elsa Rendschmidt (11 gennaio 1886 – 9 ottobre 1969) è stata una pattinatrice artistica su ghiaccio tedesca.

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[ru] Рендшмидт, Эльза

Э́льза Ре́ндшмидт (нем. Elsa Rendschmidt, 11 января 1886 — 9 октября 1969) — фигуристка из Германии, серебряный призёр летней Олимпиады 1908 года, серебряный призёр чемпионатов мира 1908 и 1910 годов, чемпионка Германии 1911 года. Эльза Рендшмидт стала первой фигуристкой Германии, завоевавшей олимпийскую медаль. В 1911 году она стала первой чемпионкой Германии по фигурному катанию среди женщин.

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