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{{Infobox figure skater
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|fullname= Helene Sengstschmid-Tunner
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|country= [[Austria]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1944|2|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Vienna]], Austria
|height= {{height|m=1.67}}
|coach= Steiner <br> Appeltauer <br> Wenninger <br> [[Karl Schäfer]]
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|skating club= Cottage Engelmann, Vienna
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'''Helene (Helli) Sengstschmid-Tunner''' (born 21 February 1944 in Vienna/Austria) is a formeran Austrian former [[figure skater]],. whoShe competedwon two medals at the [[Figure skating at the Winter Universiade|Winter Universiade]] – bronze in a1964 greatand numbersilver ofin single1968. eventsShe forplaced thefourth Vienneseat figuretwo [[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]] and ninth at the [[Figure skating clubat Cottagethe Engelmann1964 ViennaWinter Olympics|1964 Winter Olympics]].
 
== Personal life ==
Her trainers included Mr. Steiner, Mrs. Appeltauer, Mr. Wenninger as well as skater [[Karl Schäfer]] (eight-time Austrian champion, eight-time European champion, seven-time world champion and two-time Olympic champion).
Helene Sengstschmid was born on 21 February 1944 in [[Vienna]], Austria.<ref name=SR/> After taking her school-leaving exam, she studied sports and English. In 1965, she participated in the Semperit-Rallye with Peter Tunner and married him the same year. She moved to [[Innsbruck]], where she gave birth to her daughter, Sabine, in 1966. Her husband died in 2012.
<ref>[http://www.engelmann.co.at history of the famous Viennese Figure-Skating Club]</ref>
 
== Career ==
A member of Cottage Engelmann in Vienna,<ref name=Engelmann/> Sengstschmid was coached by Mr. Steiner, Mrs. Appeltauer, Mr. Wenninger, and [[Karl Schäfer]]. When she was 15, Schäfer invited Sengstschmid to practice in the United States for half a year. She lived with his family while training in [[Lake Placid, New York]].
Helli Sengstschmid was active at the same time as her compatriot Regina Heitzer and the Dutch skater [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]], just as with the Soviet figure skating couple [[Oleg Protopopov |Protopopov]] from St Petersburg. In Austrian Championships she always came second or third place behind Regina Heitzer, even if she almost always got the best marks for her [[free skating]] performance.
 
Sengstschmid often received the highest scores in the free skate at the Austrian Championships but always finished second or third overall behind [[Regine Heitzer]]. At the [[1961 European Figure Skating Championships|1961 European Championships]], she ranked 12th in compulsory figures but rose to sixth overall after the free skate. She was the first female skater to perform a triple [[Salchow jump]].
With the age of 15 her trainer Karl Schäfer invited her to practice in the United States for half a year (New York and Lake Placid), where she lived with his family.
 
Sengstschmid finished fourth at the [[1962 European Figure Skating Championships|1962 Europeans]], 12th at the [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962 Worlds]], and 9th at the [[1963 World Figure Skating Championships|1963 Worlds]].
At the [[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championship]] 1959/60, after having reached the twelfth place in compulsory figures, her free skating performance lifted her into the sixth place overall. She was the first female skater who did a [[triple Salchow]]. At the European Championships 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 (in Moscow) she always won fourth place, at all [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] between 1962 and 1965,<ref> [http://skating.bplaced.net/Results/worlds/ladies.html Showing the results of all World Championships:]</ref> with ranks between sixths and eighth place she always reached the Top Ten. At both [[Universiade]]s 1964/65 as well as 1968/69 she reached second place in spite of a break in training in between (birth of her daughter Sabine in the year 1966). At the [[1964 Winter Olympics|Olympic Games 1964]] in Innsbruck/Austria<ref>[http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf Official History of the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck 1964] </ref> she ranked 18th after the compulsory figures, and reached the 9th place overall with the third-best free skating appearance.
 
In the 1963–64 season, she placed fifth at the [[1964 European Figure Skating Championships|1964 Europeans]] and then competed at the [[Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Winter Olympics]] in [[Innsbruck]].<ref>[http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf Official History of the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck 1964] </ref> Sengstschmid ranked 18th in the compulsory figures, third in the free skate, and ninth overall. She went on to win the bronze medal at the [[1964 Winter Universiade|1964 Winter Universiade]] in [[Špindlerův Mlýn]] and place 12th at the [[1964 World Figure Skating Championships|1964 Worlds]].
In addition to her athletic career she took her school-leaving exam before she studied sports and English.
 
Sengstschmid was fourth at the [[1965 European Figure Skating Championships|1965 Europeans]] and ninth at the [[1965 World Figure Skating Championships|1965 Worlds]].<ref>[http://skating.bplaced.net/Results/worlds/ladies.html World Championships]</ref> She paused her career due to her pregnancy and returned to competition after giving birth to her daughter. In January 1968, she won silver at the [[1968 Winter Universiade|Winter Universiade]] in Innsbruck.
In the year 1965 she participated in the Semperit-Rallye with her future husband and married in the same year, which also meant the temporary end of her sporting career. She moved to Innsbruck/Austria, where she gave birth to her daughter Sabine in the year 1966.
 
ForSengstschmid many years she was workingworked as a trainercoach at Innsbruck’sInnsbruck's figure skating club, UEK, and as a secondary school teacher for English and gymnastics. She retired in the year 2004 anduntil her husband diedretirement in the year 2012. At present she devotes herself to her hobbies, such as skiing, painting, swimming and travelling2004.
 
==References Results ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
<references />
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 60–61
! 61–62
! 62–63
! 63–64
! 64–65
! 67–68
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]] || || || || 9th || ||
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Champ.]] || || 12th || 9th || 12th || 9th ||
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|European Champ.]] || 6th || 4th || || 5th || 4th ||
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Winter Universiade|Universiade]] || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | National
|-
| align=left | [[Austrian Figure Skating Championships|Austrian Champ.]] || || || || || ||
|-
| colspan=7 align=center | <small> WD: Withdrew </small>
|}
 
== References ==
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<ref name=Engelmann>{{cite web |url= http://www.engelmann.co.at/kunsteisbahn.html |title= Durch Kunsteis zur Eiskunst |language= German |website= engelmann.co.at |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160502194233/http://www.engelmann.co.at/kunsteisbahn.html |archivedate= 2 May 2016 |deadurl= no }}</ref>
 
<ref name=SR>{{cite web |url= http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/helli-sengstschmid-1.html |title= Helli Sengstschmid |publisher= [[Sports Reference]] }}</ref>
 
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