Heinrich Burger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Referee
SexMale
Full nameHeinrich•Burger
Used nameHeinrich•Burger
Born31 May 1881 in München (Munich), Bayern (GER)
Died27 April 1942 in München (Munich), Bayern (GER)
AffiliationsMEV, München (GER)
NOC Germany
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

In 1908 Heinrich Burger and Annie Hübler were the first Germans to won the pairs World Championship and they were the first German winter-sport Olympic Champions. They repeated as World Champions in 1910, and won German titles in 1907 and 1909. Burger was also successful as a singles skater, winning three German Championships in 1904, and 1906-07. He was also runner-up at the World Championships in 1904 and 1906, and third in 1908. In 1905 he was runner-up at the European Championships. Burger later became a figure skating judge, serving on the jury at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He was a lawyer by profession.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) GER Heinrich Burger
Pairs, Mixed (Olympic) Annie Hübler 1 Gold
Singles, Men (Olympic) DNS

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1928 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) GER Heinrich Burger
Pairs, Mixed (Olympic) Final Standings Judge #1

Special Notes