Ernst Baier (27 September 1905 in Zittau, Saxony, Germany – 8 July 2001 in Garmisch, Bavaria, Germany) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. The duo also won several World and European championships.
German figure skater (1905–2001)
Olympic medal record
Figure skating
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Pairs
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Singles
Ernst Baier
Personal information
Country represented
Germany
Born
(1905-09-27)27 September 1905
Died
8 July 2001(2001-07-08) (aged95)
Former partner
Maxi Herber
Retired
1941
Medal record
Representing Germany
Men's Figure skating
Olympic Games
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Singles
World Championships
1933 Zürich
Singles
1934 Stockholm
Singles
1931 Berlin
Singles
1932 Montreal
Singles
European Championships
1931 St. Moritz
Singles
1932 Paris
Singles
1933 London
Singles
1935 St. Moritz
Singles
1936 Berlin
Singles
Pairs Figure skating
Olympic Games
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Pairs
World Championships
1936 Paris
Pairs
1937 Vienna
Pairs
1938 Berlin
Pairs
1939 Budapest
Pairs
1934 Helsinki
Pairs
European Championships
1935 St. Moritz
Pairs
1936 Berlin
Pairs
1937 Prague
Pairs
1938 St. Moritz
Pairs
1939 London
Pairs
Herber und Baier
Ernst Baier skated for the club Berliner SC. He also enjoyed success as a single skater. He won silver at European, World and Olympic games in singles.
Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier revolutionized pair skating by performing the first side by side jumps in competition.
After the Second World War they skated in ice revues. Later the couple owned a business.
Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier married after their skating career in 1940. They had 3 children. In 1964 they were divorced.
On 15 May 1965 he married the Swedish figure skater Birgitta Wennström (born 10 November 1935 in Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden) known by the stage name "Topsy" from Holiday on Ice together with her partner Steve. They had a daughter in 1968, but divorced in 1973.
Some years later he remarried Maxi Herber, but they later divorced again.
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