Willy Böckl


Willy Böckl was an Austrian figure skater. He won the World Figure Skating Championships four times and captured two silver medals at the Winter Olympics.
After retiring from skating, he moved to the United States and became a coach. In 1938, Willy Boeckl was one of thirteen prominent figure skating instructors from the United States and Canada, who met in Lake Placid, New York for the purpose of forming an association of figure skating instructors. This distinguished group became known as the American Skaters Guild. Willy became the first president of the guild; Willie Frick its first vice-president, and Walter Arian, second vice-president.

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