Off to prison with Wolfgang Schwartz....

[76olympics]

A gold medal doesn't mean you make golden choices evidently:


http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Display...ugust/theworld_August268.xml&section=theworld



Tim Wood ended up with silver in 1968 due to (yet another) judging issue --but he had a great ethic and character from all I have read.

 

[Ptichka]

 

[JonnyCoop]

I'll second that. Tonya, we have a new winner.....

 

[ilovepaydays]

I have seen video clips of Tim Wood (the '68 OSM and '69-'70 World Champ) and he was pretty good. Whatever happened to him?

How good of a champion was Schwartz? What were his strengths/weaknesses?

 

[76olympics]

Payday, Here is a link to an old thread about Tim Wood including memories from someone who skated in his rink. The link to the old article I found isn't valid anymore, alas. It was an interesting read.

http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10025&highlight=tim+wood

 

[hockeyfan228]

I'll second that. Tonya, we have a new winner.....

ITA. Nothing Harding ever did was as vile.

 

[Wolfgang]

IIRC, he was the guy in the booth along with the lovely and graceful Ingrid Wendl on Austrian TV, used to watch them in the Old Country in the 70's, and I thought back then that he was a slimeball (Mr. Schwartz, that is).
Used to wear these poofy scarves....yuck!