Education
Later Schnelldorfer studied architecture for four years, but could not graduate due to his figure skating activities.
Later Schnelldorfer studied architecture for four years, but could not graduate due to his figure skating activities.
He skated for the Munich European Research Council club and therefore he represented the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). His victory was a surprise. After his amateur career he turned professional and worked with an ice show for four years.
He also was popular singer (German: Schlagersänger) and actor.
After that he became a coach and sport teacher. He was the first West German national coach for figure skating between 1974 and 1981.
Manfred Schnelldorfer lives in Munich and owns some sport shops. Wenn du mal allein bist (When you are once alone)
Deine schönen blauen Augen (Your beautiful blue eyes)
Mizzie
Holiday in Saint Tropez (1964)
Ich kauf" mir lieber einen Tirolerhut (1965) (I prefer to buy a Tiroler hat)
Tausend Takte Übermut (1965) (Thousand takts high spirits)
Spukschloß im Salzkammergut (1966)
Komm mit zur blauen Adria (1966) (Come to the blue Adria).
Schnelldorfer won his first competition at age eight. At his one and only German Junior Championships he came in second behind Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, twice World champion in pairs. The following year, at the German Senior Championships, Schnelldorfer won. The highlight of his career was becoming Olympic champion in 1964 in Innsbruck. The favorite was Alain Calmat of France, who won the Europeans between 1962 and 1964 and was silver medalist at the 1963 Worlds. In all, Schnelldorfer was an eight-time German champion, one-time World champion (1964), three-time bronze and two-time silver medalist at the Europeans.
