Ingrid Wendl

{{Short description|Austrian figure skater (born 1940)}}

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{{Infobox figure skater

| name = Ingrid Wendl

| image =Ingrid Wendl, dancer against cancer 2010.jpg

| caption = Ingrid Wendl in 2010

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| country = Austria

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| birth_place = Vienna

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| retired = 1971

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{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}}}}

{{MedalSport | Figure skating: Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1958 Paris|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalBronze|1957 Colorado Springs|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalBronze|1956 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1958 Bratislava|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalSilver|1957 Vienna|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalGold|1956 Paris|Ladies' singles}}

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Ingrid Turković-Wendl (born Ingrid Wendl on 17 May 1940 in Vienna) is an Austrian retired figure skater, television announcer, and political figure. She has been an Austrian People's Party delegate to the National Council of Austria since 2002.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}

Turković-Wendl is a two-time European champion (1956, 1958), the 1956 Olympic bronze medalist in ladies' figure skating,[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/ingrid-wendl-1.html Olympic results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421010522/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/ingrid-wendl-1.html |date=2011-04-21 }} and one of the youngest figure skating Olympic medalists. Among her contemporaries were fellow Austrians Hanna Eigel and Hanna Walter. Wendl later became a professional skater and performed in the Viennese Ice Revue (Vienna Ice Revue) and Ice Capades. She retired from the sport in 1971.

In 1972 she began working for ORF, the national Austrian public service broadcaster. She retired from broadcasting in 2000. Turković-Wendl was elected to the National Council of Austria in November 2002.

She is married to bassoonist Milan Turković.

Results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International
Event

! 1953

! 1954

! 1955

! 1956

! 1957

! 1958

align=left | Winter Olympicsbgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
align=left | World Championships12th4thbgcolor=CC9966 | 3rdbgcolor=CC9966 | 3rdbgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | European Championships5thbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=gold | 1st
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | National
align=left | Austrian Championshipsbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=CC9966 | 3rdbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1st

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