Evi Sappl
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Eva-Maria "Evi"•Sappl (-Riedl-, -Hofbauer) |
| Used name | Evi•Sappl |
| Born | 8 November 1947 in Bad Tölz, Bayern (GER) |
| Measurements | 167 cm / 61 kg |
| Affiliations | EC Bad Tölz, Bad Tölz (GER) |
| NOC |  West Germany |
Biography
Speed skater Evi Sappl finished 12th over 500 metres, and 17th over 1,000 metres at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games. Only four weeks later at Inzell she skated faster than gold medal winner Lyudmila Titova. She won the West German national all-around title the same year. She married non-Olympian hockey player Walter Riedl and raised two children but also divorced. With her second husband she later moved to Graz in Austria.
Personal Bests: 500 – 45.2 (1968); 1000 – 1:35.7 (1968); 1500 – 2:31.1 (1968); 3000 – 5:43.1 (1968).
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | FRG |
Evi Sappl | |||
| 500 metres, Women (Olympic) | =12 | |||||
| 1,000 metres, Women (Olympic) | =17 |