Estelle D. Weigel Schmitt (November 18, 1914 – March 15, 1967) was an American

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

in ladies singles. Born in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of ...

, she won the bronze medal at the

United States Figure Skating Championships The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by U.S. Figure Skating to crown the national champions of the United States. The first U.S. Championships were held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, ...

in 1934 and competed in the

1936 Winter Olympic Games The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. ...

. Her older sister Louise also skated in the Olympics. On October 9, 2018, Estelle was inducted into the Greater Buffalo (NY) Sports Hall of Fame along with her sisters, Louise and Mary.

Results

References

Estelle Weigel's profile at Sports Reference.com
* * * 1914 births 1967 deaths American female single skaters Olympic figure skaters for the United States Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub