Hugo Winzer

Who was Hugo Winzer?

Dr. Hugo Winzer was a German pair skater. He was German pair champion in 1912 with his wife Hedwig Winzer.

Hugo Winzer stated skating 1886 in Leipzig inspired by the Finnish skater Neiglick. Hugo Winzer studied chemistry at the university in Leipzig at this time.

Due to a bad lung-illness he had to quit his job. To recover he moved to Switzerland where he also trained skating.

Dr. Hugo Winzer married Hedwig Müller from Berlin. They competed in pair skating also internationally.

After his skating career he became an international figure skating judge, so at the Worlds 1926. He also published articles about the “History of the German Figure Skating”