Erik Pausin

Erich Pausin
Erik and Ilse Pausin (1950)
Born	(1920-04-18)18 April 1920
Died	May 1997 (aged 77)
Figure skating career
Country	Germany Austria
Partner	Ilse Pausin
Retired	1941
Medal record Figure skating: Pairs Representing Germany World Championships 1939 Budapest Pairs European Championships 1939 London Pairs Representing Austria Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs World Championships 1938 Berlin Pairs 1937 Vienna Pairs 1936 Paris Pairs 1935 Budapest Pairs European Championships 1938 St. Moritz Pairs 1937 Prague Pairs

Erik Pausin (18 April 1920 – May 1997) was an Austrian pair skater. With his sister Ilse Pausin, he won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 15, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. They won five consecutive silver medals (1935–1939) at the World Figure Skating Championships and three consecutive silver medals (1937–1939) at the European Figure Skating Championships. In 1939, they competed representing Nazi Germany, which swept the Worlds pairs podium that year.

Results

(with Ilse Pausin)

International
Event	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
Winter Olympics		2nd
World Championships	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd
European Championships	4th		2nd	2nd	2nd
National
German Championships					2nd		2nd
Austrian Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

References

• Skatabase: 1930s Worlds
• Skatabase: 1930s Europeans
• Skatabase: 1930s Olympics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erik Pausin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

External links

• Database Olympics profile