Relations with his constant rival Ulrich Salchow were strained. In 1906, Salchow did not compete in Fuchs' hometown of Munich, because he expected that he would be judged unfairly. Likewise, Fuchs did not participate in the 1908 Olympics as he felt the judges favored Salchow. Only once did Fuchs place higher in a competition than Salchow, at the 1901 Europeans in Vienna; he did not win the event, however, finishing in second place to Gustav Hügel of Austria.
Fuchs mastered figure skating on his own, after learning gymnastics, weightlifting, and stone put. After finishing secondary school, he served in a cavalry regiment, later studying agriculture in Vienna. Still later, he moved to Munich in the German state of Bavaria, where he studied forestry. He practised figure skating on Germany's first artificial ice rink, "Unsöldsche Kunsteisbahn", which opened in 1892, and he represented Munich EV and Germany in competitions. Fuchs was a founding member of the Karlsruhe Ice Skating Club, founded in 1911.[2] He wrote a book titled "Theory and Practice of Figure Skating" (German: "Theorie und Praxis des Kunstlaufes am Eise"), published in 1926.[3]
Outside figure skating, Fuchs studied the morphology of the bark beetle(German: Borkenkäfer). In 1929, in his late fifties, he wrote his PhD thesis titled "European timber industry after the war" (German: "Europäische Holzwirtschaft der Nachkriegszeit") (the "war" referred to in the title is the First World War).
† Did not enter after being injured in a hunting accident in the high mountains
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^ [Munich Ice Skating Club]. Munich EV. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009.
^"Chroniken der Karlsruher Sportvereine: Karlsruher Eislauf- und Tennisverein" [Chronicles of the Karlsruhe sports clubs: Karlsruhe Ice Skating and Tennis Club]. karlsruhe.de. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
gilbert, fuchs, 1871, 1952, german, figure, skater, first, world, figure, skating, championships, held, petersburg, russia, 1896, recaptured, world, title, years, later, munich, born1871graz, austriadied1952germanyfigure, skating, careercountry, germanymedal, . Gilbert Fuchs 1871 1952 was a German figure skater who won the first World Figure Skating Championships held in St Petersburg Russia in 1896 1 He recaptured the world title ten years later in Munich Gilbert FuchsBorn1871Graz AustriaDied1952GermanyFigure skating careerCountry GermanyMedal record Representing GermanyMen s Figure skatingWorld Championships1896 St Petersburg Men s singles1906 Munich Men s singles1901 Stockholm Men s singles1908 Troppau Men s singles1898 London Men s singles1907 Vienna Men s singlesEuropean Championships1901 Vienna Men s singles1907 Vienna Men s singles1909 Budapest Men s singles1895 Budapest Men s singlesRelations with his constant rival Ulrich Salchow were strained In 1906 Salchow did not compete in Fuchs hometown of Munich because he expected that he would be judged unfairly Likewise Fuchs did not participate in the 1908 Olympics as he felt the judges favored Salchow Only once did Fuchs place higher in a competition than Salchow at the 1901 Europeans in Vienna he did not win the event however finishing in second place to Gustav Hugel of Austria Fuchs mastered figure skating on his own after learning gymnastics weightlifting and stone put After finishing secondary school he served in a cavalry regiment later studying agriculture in Vienna Still later he moved to Munich in the German state of Bavaria where he studied forestry He practised figure skating on Germany s first artificial ice rink Unsoldsche Kunsteisbahn which opened in 1892 and he represented Munich EV and Germany in competitions Fuchs was a founding member of the Karlsruhe Ice Skating Club founded in 1911 2 He wrote a book titled Theory and Practice of Figure Skating German Theorie und Praxis des Kunstlaufes am Eise published in 1926 3 Outside figure skating Fuchs studied the morphology of the bark beetle German Borkenkafer In 1929 in his late fifties he wrote his PhD thesis titled European timber industry after the war German Europaische Holzwirtschaft der Nachkriegszeit the war referred to in the title is the First World War Results editEvent 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909World Championships 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 2ndEuropean Championships 3rd 2nd 2nd 2ndGerman Championships 1st 1st 1st Did not enter after being injured in a hunting accident in the high mountainsReferences edit Munchener Eislauf Verein Munich Ice Skating Club Munich EV Archived from the original on 13 August 2009 Chroniken der Karlsruher Sportvereine Karlsruher Eislauf und Tennisverein Chronicles of the Karlsruhe sports clubs Karlsruhe Ice Skating and Tennis Club karlsruhe de Retrieved 27 September 2020 Fuchs Gilbert Eiskunstlauf in Theorie und Praxis 97 3577 German Sport University Cologne Archived from the original on 12 August 2011 Navigation edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gilbert Fuchs amp oldid 1035455252, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
