Regine Heitzer

Regine Heitzer (born 16 February 1944) is a retired Austrian figure skater. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in the singles event in 1964. Between 1960 and 1965 she also won 11 medals at European and world championships. In 1967 she turned professional and skated for Vienna Ice Revue and Holiday on Ice. She retired in 1971 due to a knee injury and rarely danced since then – in 1979 she skated with Emmerich Danzer to promote the World Championships in Vienna.^[1][2]

Regine Heitzer
Regine Heitzer in 1962
Born	(1944-02-16) 16 February 1944 (age 81)
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Figure skating career
Country	Austria
Skating club	Wien
Retired	1973
Medal record Representing  Austria Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Singles World Championships 1965 Colorado Springs Singles 1964 Dortmund Singles 1963 Cortina d'Ampezzo Singles 1962 Prague Singles European Championships 1966 Bratislava Singles 1965 Moscow Singles 1964 Grenoble Singles 1963 Budapest Singles 1962 Geneva Singles 1961 Berlin Singles 1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Singles

In the 1970s she turned to her father's business, wholesale upholstery fabrics, investing her earnings from her professional career. She eventually took over the company and converted it to a furniture store before retiring in 2010. In 1996 she was awarded a Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.^[3][2]

Results

International
Event	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
Winter Olympics			7th				2nd
World Championships	12th	7th	4th		3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd
European Championships	8th	5th	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st
National
Austrian Championships			1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

References

1. "Warm Weather Threatens Olympics; Russia's Medal Collection Now at 14". Associated Press. The Telegraph. 3 February 1964.
2. Regine Heitzer. sports-reference.com
3. Neumann, Fritz (7 February 2010). "Im Vitrinentisch, jedoch verdeckt". Der Standard. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.