Fritz Kachler was an Austrian

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, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

. He was the 1912, 1913, and 1923

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and the 1914 & 1924 European champion. He did not believe that sport and nationalism should be mixed and therefore chose not to participate in the Olympic Games of 1920 and 1924. He acted as a judge in the World Figure Skating Championships of 1926 (Men, Pairs), 1927 (Men) and 1937 (Women). A

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, he rose to become head of the Vienna/Lower Austria section of the Austrian Railways, after having been dismissed by the

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. He is buried in the Eisenstaedter family grave (plot 12G) in the Doeblinger Cemetery, Vienna, with his wife Margarethe Eisenstädter.

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Austrian male single skaters 1888 births 1973 deaths Figure skaters from Vienna World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Burials at Döbling Cemetery {{Austria-figure-skater-stub