Felix Kaspar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Felix Kaspar

figure skater

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1915

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 05-Dec-2003

Profession: figure skater

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Felix Kaspar (January 14, 1915 in Vienna, Austria – December 5, 2003 in Bradenton, Florida, U.S.) was an Austrian figure skater, twice World champion, and 1936 bronze medalist. Kaspar began figure skating at age of 9.
He trained on the artificial ice rink of Eduard Engelmann Jr.
Kaspar was famous for his high jumps. At the beginning of World War II Kaspar was in Australia, where he met his wife, June.
The couple was married for 54 years.
They had one daughter named Cherie.
Kaspar spent the whole time of the World War II in Australia. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Kaspar taught in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
In 1965 he moved with his family to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked there as a coach at the figure skating center in Golden Valley in the Twin Cities.
Amongst others, he coached the Japanese Emi Watanabe while there. In 1977 he moved with his family to Pasadena, California and worked there also as a figure skating coach. In 1998 Kaspar has been admitted to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
[1] In 1989 Kaspar and his wife moved to Florida as old age pensioners.
Felix Kaspar died with the age of 88.
He suffered from Alzheimer's disease.