Emmerich Danzer began to skate at the age of five. He attended a Catholic school in Vienna. Herta Wächter was his coach from 1953. Between 1965 and 1968 Danzer was European Champion four times and between 1966 and 1968 he was World Champion three times. He was famous for being strong in compulsory figures and in the free program. He also was very charismatic. However, he could not win a medal at the Olympics. He was the favorite for the Olympic Winter Games 1968, but at one compulsory figure he almost stopped and could not execute this figure well enough. He was correctly judged and ended up in 4th place. The best free program did not help. The audience disagreed with this decision heavily. But as opposed to many other skaters, he did not feel unfairly judged. The compulsory figures were s
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