Ingrid Turković-Wendl (born Ingrid Wendl on 17 May 1940 in

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) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n retired

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 ...

, television announcer, and political figure. She has been an

Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is curr ...

delegate to the

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since 2002. Turković-Wendl is a two-time European champion (1956, 1958), the 1956 Olympic bronze medalist in ladies' figure skating,Olympic results
and one of the youngest figure skating Olympic medalists. Among her contemporaries were fellow Austrians

Hanna Eigel Hanna Eigel (born May 20, 1939, in Vienna) is 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, whe ...

and Hanna Walter. Wendl later became a professional skater and performed in the Viennese Ice Revue ( Vienna Ice Revue) and

Ice Capades The Ice Capades were traveling entertainment shows featuring theatrical ice skating performances. Shows often featured former Winter Olympic Games, Olympic and United States Figure Skating Championships, US National Champion figure skating, figur ...

. She retired from the sport in 1971. In 1972 she began working for

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, the national Austrian public service broadcaster. She retired from broadcasting in 2000. Turković-Wendl was elected to the

in November 2002. She is married to bassoonist

Milan Turković Milan Turković may refer to: * Milan Turković (businessperson) (1857–1937), Croatian businessman and nobleman *Milan Turković (musician) Milan Turković (born 14 September 1939) is an Austrian classical bassoonist and conductor. He origina ...

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1940 births Living people Austrian female single skaters Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Figure skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Austria Figure skaters from Vienna Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics {{Austria-figure-skater-stub