Career
Single skating
Pair skating
The pair then competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, where they placed ninth, and at the 1952 World Championships, finishing seventh. They followed it up with silver at the 1955 World Championships, finishing as close runners-up to Canada"s Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden, who took their second World title. After winning the Austrian national title for the fifth consecutive year, Schwarz/Oppelt became the 1956 European champions.
They then competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d"Ampezzo, Italy.
The judging panel was split 6 to 3 in favor of Schwarz/Oppelt. In the summer of 1956, they joined the Wiener Eisrevue and performed in ice shows for three or four years.
Oppelt was the coach of the Royal Dutch figure skating team from 1957-1960. He later settled in the United States.
Beginning in 1967, Oppelt was an instructor at the Pennsylvania State University in its College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
He was inducted into Austrian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1976. Pairs with Schwarz.