Ilse Pausin

✶February 7, 1919

†August 6, 1999

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About their life

Ilse Pausin-Ulrich was an Austrian pair skater. With her brother Erik Pausin, she won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 17. They won five consecutive silver medals (1935-1939) at the World Figure Skating Championships and three consecutive silver medals (1937-1939) at the European Figure Skating Championships. In 1939, they competed representing Nazi Germany, which swept the Worlds pairs podium that year.

figure skater (1919–1999)

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