Felix Kaspar was an Austrian figure skater, twice World

World Figure Skating Championships

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 champion, and 1936 bronze medalist.

Kaspar began figure skating at age of 9. He trained on the artificial ice rink of Eduard Engelmann Jr.

Eduard Engelmann Jr.

Eduard Engelmann Jr. was an Austrian figure skater, engineer, and cyclist. He was a three-time gold medallist at the European Figure Skating Championships...

 Kaspar was famous for his high jumps.

At the beginning of World War II

World War II

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 Kaspar was in Australia, where he met his wife, June. The couple was married for 54 years. They had one daughter named Cherie. Kaspar spent the whole time of the World War II in Australia.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Kaspar taught in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hershey, Pennsylvania

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. In 1965 he moved with his family to Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 and worked there as a coach at the figure skating center in Golden Valley

Golden Valley Township, Minnesota

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 in the Twin Cities. He coached there among others the Japanese Emi Watanabe

Emi Watanabe

is a Japanese figure skater of Filipino ancestry. Her father is Japanese, and mother is Filipino. She won eight consecutive Japanese championships and earned the first World Championship medal in ladies' singles for Japan in 1979...

.

In 1977 he moved with his family to Pasadena

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, California

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 and worked there also as a figure skating coach.

In 1988 Kaspar has been admitted to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

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. http://www.worldskatingmuseum.org/Museum_HOF_Inductees.htm

In 1989 Kaspar and his wife moved to Florida

Florida

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 as old age pensioners. Felix Kaspar died with the age of 88. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

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.

Results

Event	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...			3rd
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...			3rd	1st	1st
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	7th	2nd	4th	1st	1st
Austrian Championships Austrian Figure Skating Championships The Austrian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Austria. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....		1st		1st	1st

See also

• Figure Skating
  Figure skating
  Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
  
  
• World Figure Skating Championships
  World Figure Skating Championships
  The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...
  
  
• List of select Jewish figure skaters

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