Wiener Eislaufverein (Wiener EV, WEV; Vienna Ice Skating Club) is an ice-sports club located in
Vienna
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Austria
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. They were founded in 1867 and the club's greatest successes have been in
ice hockey
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figure skating
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speed skating
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Historian James R. Hines states that figure skating has a long tradition in Vienna and that the Wiener AV is one of the world's oldest and most active skating clubs. Hines also states that American skater
Jackson Haines
Jackson Haines (1838–1875) was an American figure skater and roller skater who is regarded as the father of modern figure skating.Albert Schultz Halle. The Wiener EV ice hockey program was succeeded by the Wiener Eislöwen-Verein. The club's ice hockey junior teams played their last season under the Wiener EV name in 1999–2000.