Melitta Brunner

Melitta Brunner
Melitta Brunner with Paul Kreckow in 1932
Personal information
Born	28 July 1907 Vienna, Austria
Died	26 May 2003 (aged 95) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Former partner	Ludwig Wrede
Skating club	WEV, Wien
Medal record Competitor for  Austria Olympic Games 1928 St. Moritz Pairs World Championships 1925 Vienna Pairs 1927 Vienna Pairs 1926 Berlin Pairs 1929 London Singles

Melitta Kreckow Brunner (née Brunner, 28 January 1907 – 26 May 2003) was an Austrian figure skater. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1929 World Championships. As a pair skater, she skated with Ludwig Wrede and won the bronze at the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz. The pair also won three medals at the World Championships, two silvers and a bronze.^[1]

After retiring from competitions Brunner taught skating in Switzerland and Great Britain. In December 1932 she married Paul Kreckow, a German figure skater from Berlin. They married in London, where they were giving skating demonstrations.^[2] After World War II, Brunner performed in ice shows in Europe, and then immigrated to the United States. There she continued skating, and coached skaters into her nineties.^[1]

Competitive highlights

Ladies' singles

Event	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930
Winter Olympic Games			7th
World Championships			5th	3rd	5th
Austrian Championships	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd

Pairs

(with Ludwig Wrede)

Event	1922	1923	1924	1928	1929	1930
Winter Olympics				3rd
World Championships				3rd	2nd	2nd
Austrian Championships	3rd	1st	2nd		3rd	1st

References

1. Melitta Brunner. sports-reference.com
2. Famous skaters to wed in London tomorrow, Austrian girl champion and German champion – 16-December-1932. gettyimages.co.uk

External links

• Book of the Dead