Wilhelm "Willy" Bietak is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n pair skater and skating event producer. During his career, he competed internationally with partners Evelyne Schneider

Evelyne Schneider

Evelyne Schneider is an Austrian pair skater. With partner Wilhelm Bietak, she represented Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where they placed 15th....

 and Gerlinde Schönbauer

Gerlinde Schönbauer

Gerlinde Schönbauer is an Austrian pair skater. With partner Wilhelm Bietak, she represented Austria at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where they placed 12th. Their partnership ended in 1966.-Competitive highlights:-References:*...

, and competed at the Olympic Games with both of them. He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of figure skating. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame is where the greatest names in the history of the sport are honored...

 in 2009.

Career

With Gerlinde Schönbauer

Gerlinde Schönbauer

Gerlinde Schönbauer is an Austrian pair skater. With partner Wilhelm Bietak, she represented Austria at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where they placed 12th. Their partnership ended in 1966.-Competitive highlights:-References:*...

, he represented Austria at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Austria at the 1964 Winter Olympics

-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's slalomWomen- Biathlon:Men1Two minutes added per miss.- Bobsleigh:- Cross-country skiing:MenMen's 4 x 10km relayWomen- Figure skating:MenWomenPairs- Ice hockey:...

, where they placed 12th

Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

-Medal table:-Men Singles:Referee:* Henry M. BeattyAssistant Referee:* Oskar MadlJudges: Adolf Walker Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Geoffrey S...

. Their partnership ended in 1966.

He then teamed up with Evelyne Schneider

Evelyne Schneider

Evelyne Schneider is an Austrian pair skater. With partner Wilhelm Bietak, she represented Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where they placed 15th....

. They represented Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics

-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's slalomWomen- Biathlon:Men1One minute added per close miss , two minutes added per complete miss.Men's 4 x 7.5km relay...

, where they placed 15th

Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The figure skating 1968 Winter Olympics results in Grenoble, France. Ice Dance was a demonstration event and was won by the team of Diane Towler and Bernard Ford of Great Britain.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Josef DědičAssistant Referee:...

.

Following his retirement from competitive skating, he founded Willy Bietak Productions, a production company

Production company

A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...

. They produce skating events and temporary ice rinks for events.

Competitive highlights

(with Schneider)

Event	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...		15th
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	12th		13th	13th	WD
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	13th	12th	10th	13th	14th
Austrian Championships Austrian Figure Skating Championships The Austrian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Austria. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Winter Universiade Figure skating at the Winter Universiade Figure skating is a part of the Winter Universiade. It was first held as part of the Universiade in 1960.-Men's singles:- Ladies singles :- Pair skating :- Ice dancing :-References:* -External links:*...				3rd

• WD = Withdrawn

(with Schönbauer)

Event	1963	1964	1965	1966
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...		12th
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...		11th	10th
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	14th	9th	9th	11th
Austrian Championships Austrian Figure Skating Championships The Austrian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Austria. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....	1st	1st	1st	1st

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