Elsa Rendschmidt

Elsa Rendschmidt (11 January 1886 – 9 October 1969) was a German figure skater and the first German woman to compete and win a medal at the Olympic Games.^[1]

Olympic medal record
Ladies Figure skating
	1908 London	Ladies' singles

Elsa Rendschmidt
Born	(1886-01-11)11 January 1886 Berlin, German Empire
Died	9 October 1969(1969-10-09) (aged 83) Celle, West Germany
Figure skating career
Country	Germany
Medal record Representing  Germany Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games 1908 London Ladies' singles World Championships 1910 Davos Ladies' singles 1908 Troppau Ladies' singles

Rendschmidt won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to include a ladies' figure skating event.^[2] She competed in the first ladies' German nationals, which took place in 1911. She skated for the Berliner Schlittschuhclub and won the event, becoming Germany's first ladies' champion. She also competed at the World Championships several times. Her best finish was 2nd (in 1908 and 1910).

A road located in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf was named after Rendschmidt in 2006.^[3]

Results

Event	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
Summer Olympics*			2nd
World Championships	4th	4th	2nd		2nd
German Championships						1st

• Figure skating was first included at the Summer Olympic games from 1908, moving to the Winter Olympics in 1924